Composition and methods for modulating a kinase cascade

ABSTRACT

The invention relates to compounds and methods for modulating one or more components of a kinase cascade. The invention also relates to substantially pure compound 1 and substantially pure compound 1 salt (e.g., compound 1 hydrochloride salt and compound 1 benzenesulfonate salt). The invention further relates to methods of preparing substantially pure compound 1 and compound 1 salts.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 17/001,054, filed on Aug. 24, 2020, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 16/716,795, filed on Dec. 17, 2019, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 16/408,780, filed on May 10, 2019, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 16/133,940, filed on Sep. 18, 2018, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 15/895,244, filed on Feb. 13, 2018 (now U.S. Pat. No. 10,106,505), which is a division of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/015,030, filed on Aug. 30, 2013 (now U.S. Pat. No. 9,926,273), which claims priority to, and the benefit of, U.S. Application Ser. Nos. 61/695,100, filed on Aug. 30, 2012, and 61/779,868, filed on Mar. 13, 2013, the contents of each of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is directed to compositions and processes for the synthesis of substantially pure N-(3-fluorobenzyl)-2-(5-(4-morpholinophenyl)pyridin-2-yl)acetamide (compound 1), and salts thereof. The invention also relates to methods of using such compositions.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Signal transduction is any process by which a cell converts one kind of signal or stimulus into another. Processes referred to as signal transduction often involve a sequence of biochemical reactions inside the cell, which are carried out by enzymes and linked through second messengers. In many transduction processes, an increasing number of enzymes and other molecules become engaged in the events that proceed from the initial stimulus. In such cases the chain of steps is referred to as a “signaling cascade” or a “second messenger pathway” and often results in a small stimulus eliciting a large response. One class of molecules involved in signal transduction is the kinase family of enzymes. The largest group of kinases are protein kinases, which act on and modify the activity of specific proteins. These are used extensively to transmit signals and control complex processes in cells.

Protein kinases are a large class of enzymes which catalyze the transfer of the γ-phosphate from ATP to the hydroxyl group on the side chain of Ser/Thr or Tyr in proteins and peptides and are intimately involved in the control of various important cell functions, perhaps most notably: signal transduction, differentiation, and proliferation. There are estimated to be about 2,000 distinct protein kinases in the human body, and although each of these phosphorylate particular protein/peptide substrates, they all bind the same second substrate, ATP, in a highly conserved pocket. Protein phosphatases catalyze the transfer of phosphate in the opposite direction.

A tyrosine kinase is an enzyme that can transfer a phosphate group from ATP to a tyrosine residue in a protein. Phosphorylation of proteins by kinases is an important mechanism in signal transduction for regulation of enzyme activity. The tyrosine kinases are divided into two groups; those that are cytoplasmic proteins and the transmembrane receptor-linked kinases. In humans, there are 32 cytoplasmic protein tyrosine kinases and 58 receptor-linked protein-tyrosine kinases. The hormones and growth factors that act on cell surface tyrosine kinase-linked receptors are generally growth-promoting and function to stimulate cell division (e.g., insulin, insulin-like growth factor 1, epidermal growth factor).

Inhibitors of various known protein kinases or protein phosphatases have a variety of therapeutic applications. One promising potential therapeutic use for protein kinase or protein phosphatase inhibitors is as anti-cancer agents. About 50% of the known oncogene products are protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) and their kinase activity has been shown to lead to cell transformation.

The PTKs can be classified into two categories, the membrane receptor PTKs (e.g. growth factor receptor PTKs) and the non-receptor PTKs (e.g. the Src family of proto-oncogene products). There are at least 9 members of the Src family of non-receptor PTKs with pp60^(c-src) (hereafter referred to simply as “Src”) being the prototype PTK of the family wherein the approximately 300 amino acid catalytic domains are highly conserved. The hyperactivation of Src has been reported in a number of human cancers, including those of the colon, breast, lung, bladder, and skin, as well as in gastric cancer, hairy cell leukemia, and neuroblastoma. Overstimulated cell proliferation signals from transmembrane receptors (e.g. EGFR and p185HER2/Neu) to the cell interior also appear to pass through Src. Consequently, it has recently been proposed that Src is a universal target for cancer therapy, because hyperactivation (without mutation) is involved in tumor initiation, progression, and metastasis for many important human tumor types.

Cancer cells are by definition heterogeneous. For example, within a single tissue or cell type, multiple mutational “mechanisms” may lead to the development of cancer. As such, heterogeneity frequently exists between cancer cells taken from tumors of the same tissue and same type that have originated in different individuals. Frequently observed mutational “mechanisms” associated with some cancers may differ between one tissue type and another (e.g., frequently observed mutational “mechanisms” leading to colon cancer may differ from frequently observed “mechanisms” leading to leukemias). It is therefore often difficult to predict whether a particular cancer will respond to a particular chemotherapeutic agent (Cancer Medicine, 5^(th) edition, Bast et al., B. C. Decker Inc., Hamilton, Ontario).

Malignant gliomas cause over 15,000 cancer deaths in the United States each year. These brain tumors are among the most difficult human cancers to treat, even with extensive surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy, survival remains poor. The most widely used chemotherapy drug for treating glioma patients is Temodar (Temozolamide). Even with the best current therapy available the probability that a glioblastoma patient will survive at least two years is 9%. Brain edema is also a serious problem for these brain cancer patients and they often require treatment with corticosteroids to reduce the edema, but are then subjected to the common steroidal side effects of immunosuppression, hypertension and steroidal dependence. A major challenge in developing new therapies for treating gliomas and brain metastases is that very few small molecule anti-tumor drugs are capable of penetrating the brain well enough to provide therapeutically effective drug levels. Consequently, the development of more effective drugs for treating brain cancer and brain metastases is a large unmet medical need. The present invention addresses these needs.

Because kinases are involved in the regulation of a wide variety of normal cellular signal transduction pathways (e.g., cell growth, differentiation, survival, adhesion, migration, etc.), kinases are thought to play a role in a variety of diseases and disorders. Thus, modulation of kinase signaling cascades may be an important way to treat or prevent such diseases and disorders.

There is a need for compositions and processes for the synthesis of highly purified compound 1, which is safe and simple and which produces compound 1 on a large scale in high yield and which is substantially free of impurities.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Compounds of the invention are useful in modulation a component of the kinase signaling cascade. Some compounds may be useful in modulation of more than one component of a kinase signaling cascade. The compounds of the present invention are useful as pharmaceutical agents. The compounds of the invention may be useful for modulating regulation of a kinase which may be involved in a normal cellular signal transduction pathway (e.g., cell growth, differentiation, survival, adhesion, migration, etc.), or a kinase involved in a disease or disorder. Such diseases and disorders include, without limitation, cancers, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disorders, immune system dysfunction, type II diabetes, obesity, and transplant rejection.

The compounds of the invention are useful in treating diseases and disorders that are modulated by tyrosine kinase inhibition. For example, the compounds of the invention are useful in treating diseases and disorders that are modulated by Src kinase. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in treating diseases and disorders that are modulated by focal adhesion kinase (FAK).

For example the compounds may be useful as anti-proliferative agents, for treating mammals, such as for treating humans and animals. The compounds may be used without limitation, for example, as anti-cancer, anti-angiogenesis, anti-metastatic, anti-microbial, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-parasitic and/or anti-viral agents. The compounds of the invention are useful, for example, in treating lung cancer. The compounds of the invention are also useful, for example, in treating colon cancer. The compounds of the invention are also useful, for example, in treating breast cancer.

The treatment, or the previous treatment, can produce immunological memory or produce memory B-cells and/or memory T-cells in the subject. The treatment can include a reduction in tumor size or a reduction in metastatic cancer cell invasion.

The subject may have been previously treated for the proliferation disorder. The subject may have been in complete or partial remission following treatment for the proliferation disorder. Preferably, the subject was previously treated with a compound of formula IB.

The subject can be a mammal. Preferably, the subject is a human.

The cell proliferative disorder can be a cancer, hematologic tumor or malignancy or a solid tumor (or tumors). Preferably, the cancer is brain cancer. Preferably, the solid tumor (or tumors) is a glioblastoma, oligodendroglioma, astrocytoma or medulloblastoma. More preferably, the solid tumor (or tumors) is a glioblastoma.

The treatment can further include administering a second anti-proliferative agent and/or radiation therapy.

The compound can be administered four times, two times or once daily (per 24 hour period).

The invention relates to substantially pure N-(3-fluorobenzyl)-2-(5-(4-morpholinophenyl)pyridin-2-yl)acetamide (compound 1), and salts, solvates, hydrates, or prodrugs thereof:

The invention relates to compositions and processes for the synthesis of highly purified compound 1 (>98.0% as determined by HPLC) which is safe and simple and which produces compound 1 on a large scale (>100 g) in high yield (>80%) and with limited ethyl chloride (<250 ppm as determined by headspace gas chromatography residual solvent analysis).

In preferred embodiments, compound 1 in the compositions of the instant invention has a purity of greater than 98%. For example, the purity of compound 1 in the compositions of the invention is 98.5%, 99.0%, 99.5%, 99.6%, 99.7%, 99.8% or 99.9%.

In preferred embodiments, the compositions and formulations of the invention contain less than 2% impurities.

The invention relates to a composition that includes a substantially pure solvate of compound 1.

The invention also relates to a composition that includes a substantially pure hydrate of compound 1.

The invention also includes a substantially pure acid addition salt of compound 1. For example, a hydrochloride salt. The acid addition salt can be, for example, a dihydrochloride salt.

The invention relates to a composition that includes a substantially pure acid addition salt of compound 1.

The invention relates to a composition that includes a substantially pure hydrochloride salt of compound 1.

The invention relates to a composition that includes a substantially pure dihydrochloride salt of compound 1.

In one aspect, the acid addition salt can be, for example, a benzenesulfonate salt.

The invention relates to a composition that includes a substantially pure benzenesulfonate salt of compound 1.

In preferred embodiments, the salts of compound 1 in the compositions of the instant invention have a purity of greater than 98%. For example, the purity of the salts of compound 1 in the compositions of the invention is 98.5%, 99.0%, 99.5%, 99.6%, 99.7%, 99.8% or 99.9%.

The invention also includes a prodrug of compound 1.

The invention also includes a substantially pure, pharmaceutically acceptable salt of compound 1.

The invention also relates to a composition that includes substantially pure compound 1 or a solvate, hydrate, or salt thereof, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

The invention also relates to using such substantially pure compounds and compositions to modulate a component of the kinase signaling cascade. Some compounds may be useful in modulation of more than one component of a kinase signaling cascade. The compounds of the present invention are useful as pharmaceutical agents.

Certain compounds of the invention are non-ATP competitive kinase inhibitors.

The invention relates to compounds and methods of using the compounds to treat cell proliferation disorders.

The invention also includes a method of preventing or treating a cell proliferation disorder by administering a pharmaceutical composition that includes a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient to a subject in need thereof.

For example, the cell proliferation disorder is pre-cancer or cancer. The cell proliferation disorder treated or prevented by the compounds of the invention may be a cancer, such as, for example, colon cancer or lung cancer.

The cell proliferation disorder treated or prevented by the compounds of the invention may be a hyperproliferative disorder

The cell proliferation disorder treated or prevented by the compounds of the invention may be psoriases.

For example, the treatment or prevention of the proliferative disorder may occur through the inhibition of a tyrosine kinase. For example, the tyrosine kinase can be a Src kinase or focal adhesion kinase (FAK).

The invention relates to a method of treating or preventing a disease or disorder that is modulated by tyrosine kinase inhibition, by administering a pharmaceutical composition that includes a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. For example, the disease or disorder that is modulated by tyrosine kinase inhibition is cancer, pre-cancer, a hyperproliferative disorder, or a microbial infection.

The pharmaceutical composition of the invention may modulate a kinase pathway. For example, the kinase pathway is a Src kinase pathway, or a focal adhesion kinase pathway.

The invention relates to use of a composition that includes a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof, or use of a composition that includes a substantially pure compound 1 salt (e.g., benzenesulfonate salt), in the manufacture of a medicament for modulating one or more components of a protein kinase signaling cascade. For example, the medicament inhibits a tyrosine kinase. For example, the medicament is to be administered orally or topically. The component of the kinase signaling cascade is responsible for the manifestation of a disease or disorder selected from hyperproliferative disorders, cancers, pre-cancers, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disorders, immune system dysfunction, type II diabetes, obesity, hearing loss, and transplant rejection. For example, the disease or disorder is a brain cancer. For example, the brain cancer is a primary brain cancer or a secondary brain cancer. For example, the brain cancer is selected from glioblastoma, oligodendroglioma, astrocytoma, and medulloblastoma.

The pharmaceutical composition of the invention may modulate a kinase directly. For example, the kinase is Src kinase, or focal adhesion kinase.

Certain pharmaceutical compositions of the invention are non-ATP competitive kinase inhibitors.

The compounds of the invention are also useful to treat or prevent a microbial infection, such as a bacterial, fungal, parasitic or viral infection.

A compound of the invention may be used as a pharmaceutical agent. For example, a compound of the invention is used as an anti-proliferative agent, for treating humans and/or animals, such as for treating humans and/or other mammals. The compounds may be used without limitation, for example, as anti-cancer, anti-angiogenesis, anti-microbial, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-parasitic and/or anti-viral agents. Additionally, the compounds may be used for other cell proliferation-related disorders such as diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration and psoriases. Anti-cancer agents include anti-metastatic agents.

The compound of the invention used as a pharmaceutical agent includes a substantially pure compound 1 and salts, solvates, hydrates thereof.

In one aspect of the invention, a compound of the invention, for example, a compound of the invention is used to modulate a kinase cascade. For example, the compound is used to modulate a component of a kinase cascade which is responsible for the manifestation of a disease or disorder.

Such diseases and disorders include cancers, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disorders, immune system dysfunction, type II diabetes, obesity, and transplant rejection.

For example, a compound of the invention may be used to treat or prevent a cell proliferation disorder in a subject. In one aspect of the embodiment, the cell proliferation disorder is pre-cancer or cancer. In another aspect of the embodiment, the cell proliferation disorder is a hyperproliferative disorder. In another embodiment, prevention or treatment of the cell proliferation disorder, cancer or hyperproliferative disorder occurs through the inhibition of a kinase. In another embodiment, prevention or treatment of the cell proliferation disorder, cancer or hyperproliferative disorder occurs through the inhibition of a tyrosine kinase. In another embodiment, prevention or treatment of the cell proliferation disorder, cancer or hyperproliferative disorder occurs through the inhibition of Src kinase or focal adhesion kinase (FAK). In another embodiment, the subject is a mammal. In one embodiment, the subject is human.

The invention is also drawn to a method of treating or preventing cancer or a proliferation disorder in a subject, comprising administering an effective amount of a composition that includes substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof. For example, the compound of the invention may be a kinase inhibitor. The compound of the invention may be a non-ATP competitive kinase inhibitor. The compound of the invention may inhibit a kinase directly, or it may affect the kinase pathway.

Another aspect of the invention includes a method of protecting against or treating hearing loss in a subject comprising administering composition that includes substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a kinase signaling cascade. In one embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound does not inhibit ATP binding to the protein kinase. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. In one embodiment, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase.

In one embodiment, the administration of the compound is carried out orally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, topically e.g., by administering drops into the ear, intraarterially, intralesionally, by metering pump, or by application to mucous membranes. In another embodiment, the compound is administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

In one embodiment, the compound is administered before initiation of hearing loss. In another embodiment, the compound is administered after initiation of hearing loss.

In one embodiment, the compound is administered in combination with a drug that causes hearing loss e.g., cis platinum or an aminoglycoside antibiotic. In another embodiment, the compound is administered in combination with a drug that targets hairy cells.

Another aspect of the invention includes a method of protecting against or treating osteoporosis in a subject comprising administering composition that includes a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a kinase signaling cascade. In another embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. For example, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase.

In one embodiment, the administration of the compound is carried out orally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, topically, intraarterially, intralesionally, by metering pump, or by application to mucous membranes. In one embodiment, the compound is administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In one embodiment, the compound is administered before initiation of osteoporosis. In another embodiment, the compound is administered after initiation of osteoporosis.

Another aspect of the invention includes a method of protecting against or treating ophthalmic diseases e.g., macular degeneration, retinopathy, macular edema, etc. in a subject comprising administering composition that includes a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a kinase signaling cascade. In another embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. For example, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase. In another embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components in the VEGF pathway.

In one embodiment, the administration of the compound is carried out orally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, topically (e.g., by administering drops to the eye), intraarterially, intralesionally, by metering pump, or by application to mucous membranes. In one embodiment, the compound is administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In one embodiment, the compound is administered before initiation of the ophthalmic disease. In another embodiment, the compound is administered after initiation of ophthalmic disease.

Another aspect of the invention includes a method of protecting against or treating diabetes in a subject comprising administering composition that includes a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a kinase signaling cascade. In another embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. For example, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase.

In one embodiment, the administration of the compound is carried out orally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, topically, intraarterially, intralesionally, by metering pump, or by application to mucous membranes. In one embodiment, the compound is administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In one embodiment, the compound is administered before the onset of diabetes. In another embodiment, the compound is administered after the onset of diabetes.

Another aspect of the invention includes a method of protecting against or treating obesity in a subject comprising administering a composition that includes a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a kinase signaling cascade. In another embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. For example, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase.

In one embodiment, the administration of the compound is carried out orally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, topically, intraarterially, intralesionally, by metering pump, or by application to mucous membranes. In one embodiment, the compound is administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In one embodiment, the compound is administered before the subject is obese. In another embodiment, the compound is administered after the subject is obese.

Another aspect of the invention includes a method of protecting against or treating stroke in a subject comprising administering a composition that includes a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a kinase signaling cascade. In another embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. For example, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase.

In one embodiment, the administration of the compound is carried out orally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, topically, intraarterially, intralesionally, by metering pump, or by application to mucous membranes. In one embodiment, the compound is administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In one embodiment, the compound is administered before a stroke has occurred. In another embodiment, the compound is administered after a stroke has occurred.

Another aspect of the invention includes a method of protecting against or treating atherosclerosis in a subject comprising administering composition that includes a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a kinase signaling cascade. In another embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. For example, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase.

In one embodiment, the administration of the compound is carried out orally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, topically, intraarterially, intralesionally, by metering pump, or by application to mucous membranes. In one embodiment, the compound is administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Another aspect of the invention includes a method of regulating immune system activity in a subject comprising administering a composition that includes a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a kinase signaling cascade. In another embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. For example, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase.

In one embodiment, the administration of the compound is carried out orally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, topically, intraarterially, intralesionally, by metering pump, or by application to mucous membranes. In one embodiment, the compound is administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Another aspect of the invention includes a method of protecting against or treating chronic neuropathic pain in a subject comprising administering a composition that includes a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a kinase signaling cascade. In another embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. For example, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase.

In one embodiment, the administration of the compound is carried out orally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, topically, intraarterially, intralesionally, by metering pump, or by application to mucous membranes. In one embodiment, the compound is administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In one embodiment, the compound is administered before the onset of chronic neuropathic pain. In another embodiment, the compound is administered after the onset of chronic neuropathic pain.

Another aspect of the invention includes a method of protecting against or treating hepatitis B in a subject comprising administering a composition that includes a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a kinase signaling cascade. In another embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. For example, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase.

In one embodiment, the administration of the compound is carried out orally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, topically, intraarterially, intralesionally, by metering pump, or by application to mucous membranes. In one embodiment, the compound is administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In one embodiment, the compound is administered before the onset of hepatitis B. In another embodiment, the compound is administered after the onset of hepatitis B.

Another aspect of the invention is a method of preventing or treating a cell proliferation disorder comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a composition that includes a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a protein kinase signaling cascade. In another embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In another embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In another embodiment, the compound does not inhibit ATP binding to a protein kinase. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. In another embodiment, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase.

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process of preparing compound 1:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, comprising converting compound 12 to compound 1:

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process of preparing compound 1:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, comprising the steps of Step 2 converting compound 11 to compound 12:

and Step 3 converting compound 12 to compound 1:

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process of preparing compound 1:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, comprising the steps of Step 1 converting compound 10 to compound 11:

Step 2 converting compound 11 to compound 12:

and Step 3 converting compound 12 to compound 1:

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process of preparing compound 1, wherein in Step 1, compound 10 is reacted with a base and acetonitrile in a polar aprotic solvent to form compound 11. In one embodiment, the polar aprotic solvent is selected from tetrahydrofuran, ethyl acetate, acetone, and dimethylsulfoxide. In another embodiment, the polar aprotic solvent is tetrahydrofuran. In one embodiment, wherein the base is potassium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide. In one embodiment, the reaction in Step 1 is carried out at a temperature less than about 10° C. In another embodiment, the reaction is carried out at a temperature less than about 5° C.

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process of preparing compound 1, wherein in Step 2, compound 11 is reacted with trimethylsilyl chloride in a polar protic solvent to form compound 12. In one embodiment, the polar protic solvent is selected from methanol, ethanol, and isopropanol. In another embodiment, the solvent is methanol. In one embodiment, the reaction in Step 2 is carried out at a temperature from about 40° C. to about 60° C. In another embodiment, the temperature is from about 45° C. to about 55° C. In another embodiment, the temperature is about 50° C.

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process of preparing compound 1, wherein in Step 3, compound 12 is reacted with reagent A in an ether solvent to form compound 1. In one embodiment, the ether solvent is selected from anisole and diethyl ether. In one embodiment, the solvent is anisole. In one embodiment, the reaction in Step 3 is carried at a temperature from about 120° C. to about 160° C. In one embodiment, the temperature is about 130° C. to about 150° C. In one embodiment, the temperature is about 135° C. to about 145° C. In one embodiment, the temperature is about 140° C.

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process of preparing a benzenesulfonate salt of compound 1 comprising reacting compound 1 with benzenesulfonic acid in the presence of a polar aprotic solvent and an ether solvent. In another embodiment, the polar aprotic solvent is selected from acetonitrile, ethyl acetate, and tetrahydrofuran. In one embodiment, the polar aprotic solvent is acetonitrile. In one embodiment, the ether solvent is selected from anisole and diethyl ether. In one embodiment, the ether solvent is anisole.

Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. In the specification, the singular forms also include the plural unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Although methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of the present invention, suitable methods and materials are described below. All publications, patent applications, patents, and other references mentioned herein are incorporated by reference. The references cited herein are not admitted to be prior art to the claimed invention. In the case of conflict, the present specification, including definitions, will control. In addition, the materials, methods, and examples are illustrative only and are not intended to be limiting.

Other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following detailed description and claims.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The details of one or more embodiments of the invention are set forth in the accompanying description below. Although any methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of the present invention, the preferred methods and materials are now described. Other features, objects, and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the description. In the specification, the singular forms also include the plural unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. In the case of conflict, the present specification will control. All publications, patent applications, patents, and other references mentioned herein are incorporated by reference in their entirety.

Because kinases are involved in the regulation of a wide variety of normal cellular signal transduction pathways (e.g., cell growth, differentiation, survival, adhesion, migration, etc.), kinases are thought to play a role in a variety of diseases and disorders. Thus, modulation of kinase signaling cascades may be an important way to treat or prevent such diseases and disorders. Such diseases and disorders include, for example, cancers, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disorders, immune system dysfunction, type II diabetes, obesity, and transplant rejection.

Compounds of the invention are useful in modulation a component of the kinase signaling cascade. Some compounds may be useful in modulation of more than one component of a kinase signaling cascade. The phrase “modulates one or more components of a protein kinase signaling cascade” means that one or more components of the kinase signaling cascade are affected such that the functioning of a cell changes. Components of a protein kinase signaling cascade include any proteins involved directly or indirectly in the kinase signaling pathway including second messengers and upstream and downstream targets.

A number of protein kinases and phosphatases are known, and are targets for the development of therapeutics. See, e.g., Hidaka and Kobayashi, Annu. Rev. Pharmacol. Toxicol, 1992, 32:377-397; Davies et al., Biochem. J., 2000, 351:95-105, each of which is incorporated by reference herein.

One family of kinases, the protein tyrosine kinases are divided into two large families: receptor tyrosine kinases, or RTKs (e.g., insulin receptor kinase (IRK), epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), basic fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR), platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR), vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR-2 or Flk1/KDR), and nerve growth factor receptor (NGFR)) and nonreceptor tyrosine kinases, or NRTKs (e.g., the Src family (Src, Fyn, Yes, Blk, Yrk, Fgr, Hck, Lck, and Lyn), Fak, Jak, Abl and Zap70). See, for example, Parang and Sun, Expert Opin. Ther. Patents, 2005, 15:1183-1207, incorporated by reference herein.

Because of the role of Src kinases in a variety of cancers, these kinases are the subject of a number of studies relating to the development of Src inhibitors as cancer therapeutics, including highly metastatic cancer cell growth. Src inhibitors are sought as therapeutics for a variety of cancers, including, for example, colon cancer, precancerous colon lesions, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, epithelial cancers, esophageal cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, and others. See, e.g., Frame, Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 2002, 1602:114-130 and Parang and Sun, Expert Opin. Ther. Patents, 2005, 15:1183-1207.

Inhibition of other kinases may be useful in the treatment and modulation of other types of diseases and disorders. For example, various eye diseases may be inhibited or prevented by administration of VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Inhibitors of the tyrosine phosphatase PTP-1B and/or glycogen phosphorylase may provide treatments for Type II diabetes or obesity. Inhibitors of p56lck may be useful in treating immune system disorders. Other targets include HIV reverse transcriptase, thromboxane synthase, EGFRTK, p55 fyn, etc.

Compounds of the invention may be Src signaling inhibitors that bind in the Src peptide substrate site. The activity of various compounds of the invention has been studied in c-Src (527F, constitutively active and transforming) transformed NIH3T3 cells and in human colon cancer cells (HT29). For example, in these cell lines, compound 1 was shown to reduce the phosphorylation level of known Src protein substrates in a dose-dependent fashion and in good correlation with growth inhibitory effects. Thus, in some embodiments, compounds of the invention may directly inhibit Src, and may do so by binding in the peptide binding site (as opposed to binding at an allosteric site).

Molecular modeling experiments have been performed which show that compounds of the invention fit into the model Src substrate site (See, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,005,445 and 7,070,936). Modeling is also used to retool the Src kinase inhibitor scaffolds in order to target other kinases, simply by using a different set of side chains present on the molecules and/or modifying the scaffold itself.

Without wishing to be bound by theory, it is believed that the conformation of some kinases (e.g., Src) outside cells relative to the conformation inside cells is markedly different, because inside cells, many kinases are is embedded in multiprotein signaling complexes. Thus, because the peptide substrate binding site is not well formed in an isolated kinase (as shown by Src x-ray structures), it is believed that the activity against isolated kinase for a peptide substrate binding inhibitor would be weak. Binding to this site in an isolated kinase assay requires the inhibitor to capture the very small percentage of total protein in an isolated enzyme assay that is in the same conformation that exists inside cells. This requires a large excess of the inhibitor to drain significant amounts of the enzyme from the catalytic cycle in the assay in order to be detectable.

However, for cell-based assays, a large inhibitor excess is not needed because the peptide binding site is expected to be formed. In cell-based Src assays, SH2 & SH3 domain binding proteins have already shifted the Src conformation so that the peptide substrate binding site is fully formed. Thus, low concentrations of the inhibitor can remove the enzyme from the catalytic cycle since all of the enzyme is in the tight binding conformation.

The vast majority of known kinase inhibitors are ATP competitive and show poor selectivity in a panel of isolated kinase assays. However, many of the compounds of the invention are thought to be peptide substrate binding inhibitors. Thus, traditional high throughput screening of compounds against isolated enzymes, such as Src, would not result in the discovery of compounds of the invention.

There is considerable recent literature support for targeting pp60c-src (Src) as a broadly useful approach to cancer therapy without resulting in serious toxicity. For example, tumors that display enhanced EGF receptor PTK signaling, or overexpress the related Her-2/neu receptor, have constitutively activated Src and enhanced tumor invasiveness. Inhibition of Src in these cells induces growth arrest, triggers apoptosis, and reverses the transformed phenotype (Karni et al. (1999) Oncogene 18(33): 4654-4662). It is known that abnormally elevated Src activity allows transformed cells to grow in an anchorage-independent fashion. This is apparently caused by the fact that extracellular matrix signaling elevates Src activity in the FAK/Src pathway, in a coordinated fashion with mitogenic signaling, and thereby blocks an apoptotic mechanism which would normally have been activated. Consequently FAK/Src inhibition in tumor cells may induce apoptosis because the apoptotic mechanism which would have normally become activated upon breaking free from the extracellular matrix would be induced (Hisano, et al., Proc. Annu. Meet. Am. Assoc. Cancer Res. 38:A1925 (1997)). Additionally, reduced VEGF mRNA expression was noted upon Src inhibition and tumors derived from these Src-inhibited cell lines showed reduced angiogenic development (Ellis et al., Journal of Biological Chemistry 273 (2):1052-1057 (1998)).

For example, a knock-out of the Src gene in mice led to only one defect, namely osteoclasts that fail to form ruffled borders and consequently do not resorb bone. However, the osteoclast bone resorb function was rescued in these mice by inserting a kinase defective Src gene (Schwartzberg et al., (1997) Genes & Development 11: 2835-2844). This suggested that Src kinase activity can be inhibited in vivo without triggering the only known toxicity because the presence of the Src protein is apparently sufficient to recruit and activate other PTKs (which are essential for maintaining osteoclast function) in an osteoclast essential signaling complex.

Src has been proposed to be a “universal” target for cancer therapy since it has been found to be overactivated in a growing number of human tumors (Levitzki, Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 8, 239-244 (1996); Levitzki, Anti-Cancer Drug Design, 11, 175-182 (1996)). The potential benefits of Src inhibition for cancer therapy appear to be four-fold inhibition of uncontrolled cell growth caused by autocrine growth factor loop effects, inhibition of metastasis due to triggering apoptosis upon breaking free from the cell matrix, inhibition of tumor angiogenesis via reduced VEGF levels, and low toxicity.

Prostate cancer cells have been reported to have both an over expression of paxillin and p130cas and are hyperphosphorylated (Tremblay et al., Int. J. Cancer, 68, 164-171, 1996) and may thus be a prime target for Src inhibitors.

Thus, the invention relates to compounds and methods of using compounds to treat cell proliferation disorders.

The compounds of the present invention are useful as pharmaceutical agents, for example, as therapeutic agents for treating humans and animals. The compounds may be used without limitation, for example, as anti-cancer, anti-angiogenesis, anti-metastatic, anti-microbial, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-parasitic and/or anti-viral agents. The compounds may be used for other cell proliferation-related disorders such as psoriases.

Preferably, the compound is

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof.

The therapeutically effective amount can be between about 50 mg to about 500 mg (or any integer within said range (e.g., 50, 51, 52, 53 . . . )), between about 100 mg to about 400 mg, between about 200 mg to about 300 mg, about 250 mg or 250 mg.

The treatment, or the previous treatment, can produce immunological memory and/or produce in the subject. The treatment or previous treatment can produce memory B-cells and/or memory T-cells in the subject.

As used herein, “immune memory” or “immunological memory” refers to the ability of the immune system to respond more rapidly and effectively to pathogens such as tumor cells that have been encountered previously, and reflects the pre-existence of a clonally expanded population of antigen-specific lymphocytes. Memory responses, which may be call secondary, tertiary, and so on, depends on the number of exposures to antigen, also differ qualitatively from primary responses. “Immune memory” or “immunological memory” refers to when a subject develops a protective or defensive system against tumor cells after the subject has been treated with a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention. “Immune memory” or “immunological memory” as used herein includes memory B cells and/or memory T cells activation and replication, where some of their offspring become long-lived memory cells. These memory cells may remember the specific cancer or proliferative disorder encountered and can mount a strong response if the cancer or proliferative disorder is detected again (Janeway, C. A. et al., Immunobiology: The Immune System in Heath and Disease, (Garland, 3^(rd) ed. 1997)).

As used herein, “immune-competent” refers to subject whose immune system contains B and T cells. “Immune-compromised” refers to subject whose immune system lacks B and T cells. Preferably, the subject is immune-competent.

The subject can be previously treated for the cell proliferation disorder. Preferably, the subject was previously treated for the cell proliferation disorder with a compound of the invention. More preferably, the subject was previously treated for the cell proliferation disorder with the compound having the formula

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof.

The subject can be described to be in remission following treatment for the proliferation disorder. As used herein, “remission” refers to the state of absence of disease or disorder activity or absence of symptoms or signs of a disease or disorder in subject known to have the disease or disorder. A partial remission may be defined for cancer as reduction in tumor size by 5% or greater relative to its size prior to treatment; more preferably, tumor size is reduced by 10% or greater; more preferably, reduced by 20% or greater; more preferably, reduced by 30% or greater; more preferably, reduced by 40% or greater; even more preferably, reduced by 50% or greater or greater reduction in the measurable parameters of tumor growth as may be found on physical examination, radiologic study, or by biomarker levels from a blood or urine test. Size of a tumor may be measured by any reproducible means of measurement. The size of a tumor may be measured as a diameter of the tumor. A complete remission is defined as complete disappearance of all such manifestations of disease. To be considered to be in remission a subject must not have reoccurrence of the disease or disorder within 30 days of the last treatment for said disease or disorder.

The cell proliferative disorder can be cancer or a precancerous condition. The present invention further provides the use of a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph, derivative, analog, or solvate thereof, for the preparation of a medicament useful for the treatment of a cell proliferative disorder.

The present invention also provides methods of protecting against a cell proliferative disorder in a subject in need thereof by administering a therapeutically effective amount of compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, to a subject in need of such treatment. The cell proliferative disorder can be cancer or a precancerous condition. The present invention also provides the use of compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, for the preparation of a medicament useful for the prevention of a cell proliferative disorder.

As used herein, a “subject in need thereof” is a subject having a cell proliferative disorder, or a subject having an increased risk of developing a cell proliferative disorder relative to the population at large. A subject in need thereof can have a precancerous condition. Preferably, a subject in need thereof has cancer. A “subject” includes a mammal. The mammal can be e.g., any mammal, e.g., a human, primate, bird, mouse, rat, fowl, dog, cat, cow, horse, goat, camel, sheep or a pig. Preferably, the mammal is a human.

As used herein, the term “cell proliferative disorder” refers to conditions in which unregulated or abnormal growth, or both, of cells can lead to the development of an unwanted condition or disease, which may or may not be cancerous. Exemplary cell proliferative disorders of the invention encompass a variety of conditions wherein cell division is deregulated. Exemplary cell proliferative disorder include, but are not limited to, neoplasms, benign tumors, malignant tumors, pre-cancerous conditions, in situ tumors, encapsulated tumors, metastatic tumors, liquid tumors, solid tumors, immunological tumors, hematological tumors, cancers, carcinomas, leukemias, lymphomas, sarcomas, and rapidly dividing cells. The term “rapidly dividing cell” as used herein is defined as any cell that divides at a rate that exceeds or is greater than what is expected or observed among neighboring or juxtaposed cells within the same tissue. A cell proliferative disorder includes a precancer or a precancerous condition. A cell proliferative disorder includes cancer. Preferably, the methods provided herein are used to treat or alleviate a symptom of cancer. The term “cancer” includes solid tumors, as well as, hematologic tumors and/or malignancies.

A “precancer cell” or “precancerous cell” is a cell manifesting a cell proliferative disorder that is a precancer or a precancerous condition. A “cancer cell” or “cancerous cell” is a cell manifesting a cell proliferative disorder that is a cancer. Any reproducible means of measurement may be used to identify cancer cells or precancerous cells. Cancer cells or precancerous cells can be identified by histological typing or grading of a tissue sample (e.g., a biopsy sample). Cancer cells or precancerous cells can be identified through the use of appropriate molecular markers.

For example, the solid tumor (or tumors) is a glioblastoma, oligodendroglioma, astrocytoma or medulloblastoma. The solid tumor can be glioblastoma.

Exemplary non-cancerous conditions or disorders include, but are not limited to, rheumatoid arthritis; inflammation; autoimmune disease; lymphoproliferative conditions; acromegaly; rheumatoid spondylitis; osteoarthritis; gout, other arthritic conditions; sepsis; septic shock; endotoxic shock; gram-negative sepsis; toxic shock syndrome; asthma; adult respiratory distress syndrome; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; chronic pulmonary inflammation; inflammatory bowel disease; Crohn's disease; psoriasis; eczema; ulcerative colitis; pancreatic fibrosis; hepatic fibrosis; acute and chronic renal disease; irritable bowel syndrome; pyresis; restenosis; cerebral malaria; stroke and ischemic injury; neural trauma; Alzheimer's disease; Huntington's disease; Parkinson's disease; acute and chronic pain; allergic rhinitis; allergic conjunctivitis; chronic heart failure; acute coronary syndrome; cachexia; malaria; leprosy; leishmaniasis; Lyme disease; Reiter's syndrome; acute synovitis; muscle degeneration, bursitis; tendonitis; tenosynovitis; herniated, ruptures, or prolapsed intervertebral disk syndrome; osteopetrosis; thrombosis; restenosis; silicosis; pulmonary sarcosis; bone resorption diseases, such as osteoporosis; graft-versus-host reaction; Multiple Sclerosis; lupus; fibromyalgia; AIDS and other viral diseases such as Herpes Zoster, Herpes Simplex I or II, influenza virus and cytomegalovirus; and diabetes mellitus.

Exemplary cancers include, but are not limited to, adrenocortical carcinoma, AIDS-related cancers, AIDS-related lymphoma, anal cancer, anorectal cancer, cancer of the anal canal, appendix cancer, childhood cerebellar astrocytoma, childhood cerebral astrocytoma, basal cell carcinoma, skin cancer (non-melanoma), biliary cancer, extrahepatic bile duct cancer, intrahepatic bile duct cancer, bladder cancer, urinary bladder cancer, bone and joint cancer, osteosarcoma and malignant fibrous histiocytoma, brain cancer, brain tumor, brain stem glioma, cerebellar astrocytoma, cerebral astrocytoma/malignant glioma, ependymoma, medulloblastoma, supratentorial primitive neuroectodeimal tumors, visual pathway and hypothalamic glioma, breast cancer, bronchial adenomas/carcinoids, carcinoid tumor, gastrointestinal, nervous system cancer, nervous system lymphoma, central nervous system cancer, central nervous system lymphoma, cervical cancer, childhood cancers, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, chronic myeloproliferative disorders, colon cancer, colorectal cancer, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, lymphoid neoplasm, mycosis fungoides, Seziary Syndrome, endometrial cancer, esophageal cancer, extracranial germ cell tumor, extragonadal germ cell tumor, extrahepatic bile duct cancer, eye cancer, intraocular melanoma, retinoblastoma, gallbladder cancer, gastric (stomach) cancer, gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor, gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), germ cell tumor, ovarian germ cell tumor, gestational trophoblastic tumor glioma, head and neck cancer, hepatocellular (liver) cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma, hypopharyngeal cancer, intraocular melanoma, ocular cancer, islet cell tumors (endocrine pancreas), Kaposi Sarcoma, kidney cancer, renal cancer, kidney cancer, laryngeal cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, hairy cell leukemia, lip and oral cavity cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, small cell lung cancer, AIDS-related lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, primary central nervous system lymphoma, Waldenstram macroglobulinemia, medulloblastoma, melanoma, intraocular (eye) melanoma, merkel cell carcinoma, mesothelioma malignant, mesothelioma, metastatic squamous neck cancer, mouth cancer, cancer of the tongue, multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome, mycosis fungoides, myelodysplastic syndromes, myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative diseases, chronic myelogenous leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, multiple myeloma, chronic myeloproliferative disorders, nasopharyngeal cancer, neuroblastoma, oral cancer, oral cavity cancer, oropharyngeal cancer, ovarian cancer, ovarian epithelial cancer, ovarian low malignant potential tumor, pancreatic cancer, islet cell pancreatic cancer, paranasal sinus and nasal cavity cancer, parathyroid cancer, penile cancer, pharyngeal cancer, pheochromocytoma, pineoblastoma and supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors, pituitary tumor, plasma cell neoplasm/multiple myeloma, pleuropulmonary blastoma, prostate cancer, rectal cancer, renal pelvis and ureter, transitional cell cancer, retinoblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, salivary gland cancer, ewing family of sarcoma tumors, Kaposi Sarcoma, soft tissue sarcoma, uterine cancer, uterine sarcoma, skin cancer (non-melanoma), skin cancer (melanoma), merkel cell skin carcinoma, small intestine cancer, soft tissue sarcoma, squamous cell carcinoma, stomach (gastric) cancer, supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors, testicular cancer, throat cancer, thymoma, thymoma and thymic carcinoma, thyroid cancer, transitional cell cancer of the renal pelvis and ureter and other urinary organs, gestational trophoblastic tumor, urethral cancer, endometrial uterine cancer, uterine sarcoma, uterine corpus cancer, vaginal cancer, vulvar cancer, and Wilm's Tumor.

A “cell proliferative disorder of the hematologic system” is a cell proliferative disorder involving cells of the hematologic system. A cell proliferative disorder of the hematologic system can include lymphoma, leukemia, myeloid neoplasms, mast cell neoplasms, myelodysplasia, benign monoclonal gammopathy, lymphomatoid granulomatosis, lymphomatoid papulosis, polycythemia vera, chronic myelocytic leukemia, agnogenic myeloid metaplasia, and essential thrombocythemia. A cell proliferative disorder of the hematologic system can include hyperplasia, dysplasia, and metaplasia of cells of the hematologic system. Preferably, compositions of the present invention may be used to treat a cancer selected from the group consisting of a hematologic cancer of the present invention or a hematologic cell proliferative disorder of the present invention. A hematologic cancer of the present invention can include multiple myeloma, lymphoma (including Hodgkin's lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, childhood lymphomas, and lymphomas of lymphocytic and cutaneous origin), leukemia (including childhood leukemia, hairy-cell leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute myelocytic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, chronic myelocytic leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, and mast cell leukemia), myeloid neoplasms and mast cell neoplasms.

A “cell proliferative disorder of the lung” is a cell proliferative disorder involving cells of the lung. Cell proliferative disorders of the lung can include all forms of cell proliferative disorders affecting lung cells. Cell proliferative disorders of the lung can include lung cancer, a precancer or precancerous condition of the lung, benign growths or lesions of the lung, and malignant growths or lesions of the lung, and metastatic lesions in tissue and organs in the body other than the lung. Preferably, compositions of the present invention may be used to treat lung cancer or cell proliferative disorders of the lung. Lung cancer can include all forms of cancer of the lung. Lung cancer can include malignant lung neoplasms, carcinoma in situ, typical carcinoid tumors, and atypical carcinoid tumors. Lung cancer can include small cell lung cancer (“SCLC”), non-small cell lung cancer (“NSCLC”), squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, small cell carcinoma, large cell carcinoma, adenosquamous cell carcinoma, and mesothelioma. Lung cancer can include “scar carcinoma”, bronchioalveolar carcinoma, giant cell carcinoma, spindle cell carcinoma, and large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma. Lung cancer can include lung neoplasms having histologic and ultrastructural heterogeneity (e.g., mixed cell types).

Cell proliferative disorders of the lung can include all forms of cell proliferative disorders affecting lung cells. Cell proliferative disorders of the lung can include lung cancer, precancerous conditions of the lung. Cell proliferative disorders of the lung can include hyperplasia, metaplasia, and dysplasia of the lung. Cell proliferative disorders of the lung can include asbestos-induced hyperplasia, squamous metaplasia, and benign reactive mesothelial metaplasia. Cell proliferative disorders of the lung can include replacement of columnar epithelium with stratified squamous epithelium, and mucosal dysplasia. Individuals exposed to inhaled injurious environmental agents such as cigarette smoke and asbestos may be at increased risk for developing cell proliferative disorders of the lung. Prior lung diseases that may predispose individuals to development of cell proliferative disorders of the lung can include chronic interstitial lung disease, necrotizing pulmonary disease, scleroderma, rheumatoid disease, sarcoidosis, interstitial pneumonitis, tuberculosis, repeated pneumonias, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, granulomata, asbestosis, fibrosing alveolitis, and Hodgkin's disease.

A “cell proliferative disorder of the colon” is a cell proliferative disorder involving cells of the colon. Preferably, the cell proliferative disorder of the colon is colon cancer. Preferably, compositions of the present invention may be used to treat colon cancer or cell proliferative disorders of the colon. Colon cancer can include all forms of cancer of the colon. Colon cancer can include sporadic and hereditary colon cancers. Colon cancer can include malignant colon neoplasms, carcinoma in situ, typical carcinoid tumors, and atypical carcinoid tumors. Colon cancer can include adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and adenosquamous cell carcinoma. Colon cancer can be associated with a hereditary syndrome selected from the group consisting of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, familial adenomatous polyposis, Gardner's syndrome, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, Turcot's syndrome and juvenile polyposis. Colon cancer can be caused by a hereditary syndrome selected from the group consisting of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, familial adenomatous polyposis, Gardner's syndrome, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, Turcot's syndrome and juvenile polyposis.

Cell proliferative disorders of the colon can include all forms of cell proliferative disorders affecting colon cells. Cell proliferative disorders of the colon can include colon cancer, precancerous conditions of the colon, adenomatous polyps of the colon and metachronous lesions of the colon. A cell proliferative disorder of the colon can include adenoma. Cell proliferative disorders of the colon can be characterized by hyperplasia, metaplasia, and dysplasia of the colon. Prior colon diseases that may predispose individuals to development of cell proliferative disorders of the colon can include prior colon cancer. Current disease that may predispose individuals to development of cell proliferative disorders of the colon can include Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. A cell proliferative disorder of the colon can be associated with a mutation in a gene selected from the group consisting of p53, ras, FAP and DCC. An individual can have an elevated risk of developing a cell proliferative disorder of the colon due to the presence of a mutation in a gene selected from the group consisting of p53, ras, FAP and DCC.

A “cell proliferative disorder of the pancreas” is a cell proliferative disorder involving cells of the pancreas. Cell proliferative disorders of the pancreas can include all forms of cell proliferative disorders affecting pancreatic cells. Cell proliferative disorders of the pancreas can include pancreas cancer, a precancer or precancerous condition of the pancreas, hyperplasia of the pancreas, and dysplasia of the pancreas, benign growths or lesions of the pancreas, and malignant growths or lesions of the pancreas, and metastatic lesions in tissue and organs in the body other than the pancreas. Pancreatic cancer includes all forms of cancer of the pancreas. Pancreatic cancer can include ductal adenocarcinoma, adenosquamous carcinoma, pleomorphic giant cell carcinoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma, osteoclast-like giant cell carcinoma, mucinous cystadenocarcinoma, acinar carcinoma, unclassified large cell carcinoma, small cell carcinoma, pancreatoblastoma, papillary neoplasm, mucinous cystadenoma, papillary cystic neoplasm, and serous cystadenoma. Pancreatic cancer can also include pancreatic neoplasms having histologic and ultrastructural heterogeneity (e.g., mixed cell types).

A “cell proliferative disorder of the prostate” is a cell proliferative disorder involving cells of the prostate. Cell proliferative disorders of the prostate can include all forms of cell proliferative disorders affecting prostate cells. Cell proliferative disorders of the prostate can include prostate cancer, a precancer or precancerous condition of the prostate, benign growths or lesions of the prostate, and malignant growths or lesions of the prostate, and metastatic lesions in tissue and organs in the body other than the prostate. Cell proliferative disorders of the prostate can include hyperplasia, metaplasia, and dysplasia of the prostate.

A “cell proliferative disorder of the skin” is a cell proliferative disorder involving cells of the skin. Cell proliferative disorders of the skin can include all forms of cell proliferative disorders affecting skin cells. Cell proliferative disorders of the skin can include a precancer or precancerous condition of the skin, benign growths or lesions of the skin, melanoma, malignant melanoma and other malignant growths or lesions of the skin, and metastatic lesions in tissue and organs in the body other than the skin. Cell proliferative disorders of the skin can include hyperplasia, metaplasia, and dysplasia of the skin.

A “cell proliferative disorder of the ovary” is a cell proliferative disorder involving cells of the ovary. Cell proliferative disorders of the ovary can include all forms of cell proliferative disorders affecting cells of the ovary. Cell proliferative disorders of the ovary can include a precancer or precancerous condition of the ovary, benign growths or lesions of the ovary, ovarian cancer, malignant growths or lesions of the ovary, and metastatic lesions in tissue and organs in the body other than the ovary. Cell proliferative disorders of the skin can include hyperplasia, metaplasia, and dysplasia of cells of the ovary.

A “cell proliferative disorder of the breast” is a cell proliferative disorder involving cells of the breast. Cell proliferative disorders of the breast can include all forms of cell proliferative disorders affecting breast cells. Cell proliferative disorders of the breast can include breast cancer, a precancer or precancerous condition of the breast, benign growths or lesions of the breast, and malignant growths or lesions of the breast, and metastatic lesions in tissue and organs in the body other than the breast. Cell proliferative disorders of the breast can include hyperplasia, metaplasia, and dysplasia of the breast.

A cell proliferative disorder of the breast can be a precancerous condition of the breast. Compositions of the present invention may be used to treat a precancerous condition of the breast. A precancerous condition of the breast can include atypical hyperplasia of the breast, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), intraductal carcinoma, lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS), lobular neoplasia, and stage 0 or grade 0 growth or lesion of the breast (e.g., stage 0 or grade 0 breast cancer, or carcinoma in situ). A precancerous condition of the breast can be staged according to the TNM classification scheme as accepted by the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC), where the primary tumor (T) has been assigned a stage of TO or Tis; and where the regional lymph nodes (N) have been assigned a stage of NO; and where distant metastasis (M) has been assigned a stage of M0.

The cell proliferative disorder of the breast can be breast cancer. Preferably, compositions of the present invention may be used to treat breast cancer. Breast cancer includes all forms of cancer of the breast. Breast cancer can include primary epithelial breast cancers. Breast cancer can include cancers in which the breast is involved by other tumors such as lymphoma, sarcoma or melanoma. Breast cancer can include carcinoma of the breast, ductal carcinoma of the breast, lobular carcinoma of the breast, undifferentiated carcinoma of the breast, cystosarcoma phyllodes of the breast, angiosarcoma of the breast, and primary lymphoma of the breast. Breast cancer can include Stage I, II, IIIA, IIIB, IIIC and IV breast cancer. Ductal carcinoma of the breast can include invasive carcinoma, invasive carcinoma in situ with predominant intraductal component, inflammatory breast cancer, and a ductal carcinoma of the breast with a histologic type selected from the group consisting of comedo, mucinous (colloid), medullary, medullary with lymphocytic infiltrate, papillary, scirrhous, and tubular. Lobular carcinoma of the breast can include invasive lobular carcinoma with predominant in situ component, invasive lobular carcinoma, and infiltrating lobular carcinoma. Breast cancer can include Paget's disease, Paget's disease with intraductal carcinoma, and Paget's disease with invasive ductal carcinoma. Breast cancer can include breast neoplasms having histologic and ultrastructural heterogeneity (e.g., mixed cell types).

Preferably, compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, may be used to treat breast cancer. A breast cancer that is to be treated can include familial breast cancer. A breast cancer that is to be treated can include sporadic breast cancer. A breast cancer that is to be treated can arise in a male subject. A breast cancer that is to be treated can arise in a female subject. A breast cancer that is to be treated can arise in a premenopausal female subject or a postmenopausal female subject. A breast cancer that is to be treated can arise in a subject equal to or older than 30 years old, or a subject younger than 30 years old. A breast cancer that is to be treated has arisen in a subject equal to or older than 50 years old, or a subject younger than 50 years old. A breast cancer that is to be treated can arise in a subject equal to or older than 70 years old, or a subject younger than 70 years old.

A breast cancer that is to be treated can be typed to identify a familial or spontaneous mutation in BRCA1, BRCA2, or p53. A breast cancer that is to be treated can be typed as having a HER2/neu gene amplification, as overexpressing HER2/neu, or as having a low, intermediate or high level of HER2/neu expression. A breast cancer that is to be treated can be typed for a marker selected from the group consisting of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor-2, Ki-67, CA15-3, CA 27-29, and c-Met. A breast cancer that is to be treated can be typed as ER-unknown, ER-rich or ER-poor. A breast cancer that is to be treated can be typed as ER-negative or ER-positive. ER-typing of a breast cancer may be performed by any reproducible means. ER-typing of a breast cancer may be performed as set forth in Onkologie 27: 175-179 (2004). A breast cancer that is to be treated can be typed as PR-unknown, PR-rich or PR-poor. A breast cancer that is to be treated can be typed as PR-negative or PR-positive. A breast cancer that is to be treated can be typed as receptor positive or receptor negative. A breast cancer that is to be treated can be typed as being associated with elevated blood levels of CA 15-3, or CA 27-29, or both.

A breast cancer that is to be treated can include a localized tumor of the breast. A breast cancer that is to be treated can include a tumor of the breast that is associated with a negative sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy. A breast cancer that is to be treated can include a tumor of the breast that is associated with a positive sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy. A breast cancer that is to be treated can include a tumor of the breast that is associated with one or more positive axillary lymph nodes, where the axillary lymph nodes have been staged by any applicable method. A breast cancer that is to be treated can include a tumor of the breast that has been typed as having nodal negative status (e.g., node-negative) or nodal positive status (e.g., node-positive). A breast cancer that is to be treated can include a tumor of the breast that has metastasized to other locations in the body. A breast cancer that is to be treated can be classified as having metastasized to a location selected from the group consisting of bone, lung, liver, or brain. A breast cancer that is to be treated can be classified according to a characteristic selected from the group consisting of metastatic, localized, regional, local-regional, locally advanced, distant, multicentric, bilateral, ipsilateral, contralateral, newly diagnosed, recurrent, and inoperable.

A compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, may be used to treat or prevent a cell proliferative disorder of the breast, or to treat or prevent breast cancer, in a subject having an increased risk of developing breast cancer relative to the population at large. A subject with an increased risk of developing breast cancer relative to the population at large is a female subject with a family history or personal history of breast cancer. A subject with an increased risk of developing breast cancer relative to the population at large is a female subject having a germ-line or spontaneous mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2, or both. A subject with an increased risk of developing breast cancer relative to the population at large is a female subject with a family history of breast cancer and a germ-line or spontaneous mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2, or both. A subject with an increased risk of developing breast cancer relative to the population at large is a female who is greater than 30 years old, greater than 40 years old, greater than 50 years old, greater than 60 years old, greater than 70 years old, greater than 80 years old, or greater than 90 years old. A subject with an increased risk of developing breast cancer relative to the population at large is a subject with atypical hyperplasia of the breast, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), intraductal carcinoma, lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS), lobular neoplasia, or a stage 0 growth or lesion of the breast (e.g., stage 0 or grade 0 breast cancer, or carcinoma in situ).

A breast cancer that is to be treated can histologically graded according to the Scarff-Bloom-Richardson system, wherein a breast tumor has been assigned a mitosis count score of 1, 2, or 3; a nuclear pleiomorphism score of 1, 2, or 3; a tubule formation score of 1, 2, or 3; and a total Scarff-Bloom-Richardson score of between 3 and 9. A breast cancer that is to be treated can be assigned a tumor grade according to the International Consensus Panel on the Treatment of Breast Cancer selected from the group consisting of grade 1, grade 1-2, grade 2, grade 2-3, or grade 3.

A cancer that is to be treated can be staged according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) TNM classification system, where the tumor (T) has been assigned a stage of TX, T1, T1mic, T1a, T1b, T1c, T2, T3, T4, T4a, T4b, T4c, or T4d; and where the regional lymph nodes (N) have been assigned a stage of NX, N0, N1, N2, N2a, N2b, N3, N3a, N3b, or N3c; and where distant metastasis (M) can be assigned a stage of MX, M0, or M1. A cancer that is to be treated can be staged according to an American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) classification as Stage I, Stage IIA, Stage IIB, Stage IIIA, Stage IIIB, Stage IIIC, or Stage IV. A cancer that is to be treated can be assigned a grade according to an AJCC classification as Grade GX (e.g., grade cannot be assessed), Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3 or Grade 4. A cancer that is to be treated can be staged according to an AJCC pathologic classification (pN) of pNX, pN0, PN0 (I−), PN0 (I+), PN0 (mol−), PN0 (mol+), PN1, PN1 (mi), PN1a, PN1b, PN1c, pN2, pN2a, pN2b, pN3, pN3a, pN3b, or pN3c.

A cancer that is to be treated can include a tumor that has been determined to be less than or equal to about 2 centimeters in diameter. A cancer that is to be treated can include a tumor that has been determined to be from about 2 to about 5 centimeters in diameter. A cancer that is to be treated can include a tumor that has been determined to be greater than or equal to about 3 centimeters in diameter. A cancer that is to be treated can include a tumor that has been determined to be greater than 5 centimeters in diameter. A cancer that is to be treated can be classified by microscopic appearance as well differentiated, moderately differentiated, poorly differentiated, or undifferentiated. A cancer that is to be treated can be classified by microscopic appearance with respect to mitosis count (e.g., amount of cell division) or nuclear pleiomorphism (e.g., change in cells). A cancer that is to be treated can be classified by microscopic appearance as being associated with areas of necrosis (e.g., areas of dying or degenerating cells). A cancer that is to be treated can be classified as having an abnormal karyotype, having an abnormal number of chromosomes, or having one or more chromosomes that are abnormal in appearance. A cancer that is to be treated can be classified as being aneuploid, triploid, tetraploid, or as having an altered ploidy. A cancer that is to be treated can be classified as having a chromosomal translocation, or a deletion or duplication of an entire chromosome, or a region of deletion, duplication or amplification of a portion of a chromosome.

A cancer that is to be treated can be evaluated by DNA cytometry, flow cytometry, or image cytometry. A cancer that is to be treated can be typed as having 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, or 90% of cells in the synthesis stage of cell division (e.g., in S phase of cell division). A cancer that is to be treated can be typed as having a low S-phase fraction or a high S-phase fraction.

As used herein, a “normal cell” is a cell that cannot be classified as part of a “cell proliferative disorder”. A normal cell lacks unregulated or abnormal growth, or both, that can lead to the development of an unwanted condition or disease. Preferably, a normal cell possesses normally functioning cell cycle checkpoint control mechanisms.

As used herein, “contacting a cell” refers to a condition in which a compound or other composition of matter is in direct contact with a cell, or is close enough to induce a desired biological effect in a cell.

As used herein, “candidate compound” refers to a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, that has been or will be tested in one or more in vitro or in vivo biological assays, in order to determine if that compound is likely to elicit a desired biological or medical response in a cell, tissue, system, animal or human that is being sought by a researcher or clinician. A candidate compound is a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof. The biological or medical response can be the treatment of cancer. The biological or medical response can be treatment or prevention of a cell proliferative disorder. In vitro or in vivo biological assays can include, but are not limited to, enzymatic activity assays, electrophoretic mobility shift assays, reporter gene assays, in vitro cell viability assays, and the assays described herein.

As used herein, “monotherapy” refers to the administration of a single active or therapeutic compound to a subject in need thereof. Preferably, monotherapy will involve administration of a therapeutically effective amount of an active compound. For example, cancer monotherapy with one of the compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, analog or derivative thereof, to a subject in need of treatment of cancer. Monotherapy may be contrasted with combination therapy, in which a combination of multiple active compounds is administered, preferably with each component of the combination present in a therapeutically effective amount. In one aspect, monotherapy with a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, is more effective than combination therapy in inducing a desired biological effect.

As used herein, “treating” or “treat” describes the management and care of a patient for the purpose of combating a disease, condition, or disorder and includes the administration of a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, to alleviate the symptoms or complications of a disease, condition or disorder, or to eliminate the disease, condition or disorder.

A compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, can also be used to prevent a disease, condition or disorder. As used herein, “preventing” or “prevent” describes reducing or eliminating the onset of the symptoms or complications of the disease, condition or disorder.

As used herein, the term “alleviate” is meant to describe a process by which the severity of a sign or symptom of a disorder is decreased. Importantly, a sign or symptom can be alleviated without being eliminated. In a preferred embodiment, the administration of pharmaceutical compositions of the invention leads to the elimination of a sign or symptom, however, elimination is not required. Effective dosages are expected to decrease the severity of a sign or symptom. For instance, a sign or symptom of a disorder such as cancer, which can occur in multiple locations, is alleviated if the severity of the cancer is decreased within at least one of multiple locations.

As used herein, the term “severity” is meant to describe the potential of cancer to transform from a precancerous, or benign, state into a malignant state. Alternatively, or in addition, severity is meant to describe a cancer stage, for example, according to the TNM system (accepted by the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) and the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)) or by other art-recognized methods. Cancer stage refers to the extent or severity of the cancer, based on factors such as the location of the primary tumor, tumor size, number of tumors, and lymph node involvement (spread of cancer into lymph nodes). Alternatively, or in addition, severity is meant to describe the tumor grade by art-recognized methods (see, National Cancer Institute, www.cancer.gov). Tumor grade is a system used to classify cancer cells in terms of how abnormal they look under a microscope and how quickly the tumor is likely to grow and spread. Many factors are considered when determining tumor grade, including the structure and growth pattern of the cells. The specific factors used to determine tumor grade vary with each type of cancer. Severity also describes a histologic grade, also called differentiation, which refers to how much the tumor cells resemble normal cells of the same tissue type (see, National Cancer Institute, www.cancer.gov). Furthermore, severity describes a nuclear grade, which refers to the size and shape of the nucleus in tumor cells and the percentage of tumor cells that are dividing (see, National Cancer Institute, www.cancer.gov).

In another aspect of the invention, severity describes the degree to which a tumor has secreted growth factors, degraded the extracellular matrix, become vascularized, lost adhesion to juxtaposed tissues, or metastasized. Moreover, severity describes the number of locations to which a primary tumor has metastasized. Finally, severity includes the difficulty of treating tumors of varying types and locations. For example, inoperable tumors, those cancers which have greater access to multiple body systems (hematological and immunological tumors), and those which are the most resistant to traditional treatments are considered most severe. In these situations, prolonging the life expectancy of the subject and/or reducing pain, decreasing the proportion of cancerous cells or restricting cells to one system, and improving cancer stage/tumor grade/histological grade/nuclear grade are considered alleviating a sign or symptom of the cancer.

As used herein the term “symptom” is defined as an indication of disease, illness, injury, or that something is not right in the body. Symptoms are felt or noticed by the individual experiencing the symptom, but may not easily be noticed by others. Others are defined as non-health-care professionals.

As used herein the term “sign” is also defined as an indication that something is not right in the body. But signs are defined as things that can be seen by a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional.

As used herein the term “about”, “around”, or “approximate” indicates that the value or number to which these terms refer may vary by 10%, 5%, 2%, 1%, 0.8%, 0.5%, 0.2%, or 0.1%. In one embodiment, the value or number may vary by 5%, 2%, 1%, 0.8%, 0.5%, 0.2%, or 0.1%. In one embodiment, the value or number may vary by 2%, 1%, 0.8%, 0.5%, 0.2%, or 0.1%. In one embodiment, the value or number may vary by 1%, 0.8%, 0.5%, 0.2%, or 0.1%. For example, a temperature of about 10° C. means that the temperature may be from 9 to 11° C., or from 9.5 to 10.5° C., or from 9.8 to 10.2° C., or from 9.9 to 10.1° C., or from 9.92 to 10.08° C., or from 9.95 to 10.05° C., or from 9.98 to 10.02° C., or from 9.99 to 10.01° C.

Cancer is a group of diseases that may cause almost any sign or symptom. The signs and symptoms will depend on where the cancer is, the size of the cancer, and how much it affects the nearby organs or structures. If a cancer spreads (metastasizes), then symptoms may appear in different parts of the body.

As a cancer grows, it begins to push on nearby organs, blood vessels, and nerves. This pressure creates some of the signs and symptoms of cancer. If the cancer is in a critical area, such as certain parts of the brain, even the smallest tumor can cause early symptoms.

But sometimes cancers start in places where it does not cause any symptoms until the cancer has grown quite large. Pancreas cancers, for example, do not usually grow large enough to be felt from the outside of the body. Some pancreatic cancers do not cause symptoms until they begin to grow around nearby nerves (this causes a backache). Others grow around the bile duct, which blocks the flow of bile and leads to a yellowing of the skin known as jaundice. By the time a pancreatic cancer causes these signs or symptoms, it has usually reached an advanced stage.

A cancer may also cause symptoms such as fever, fatigue, or weight loss. This may be because cancer cells use up much of the body's energy supply or release substances that change the body's metabolism. Or the cancer may cause the immune system to react in ways that produce these symptoms.

Sometimes, cancer cells release substances into the bloodstream that cause symptoms not usually thought to result from cancers. For example, some cancers of the pancreas can release substances which cause blood clots to develop in veins of the legs. Some lung cancers make hormone-like substances that affect blood calcium levels, affecting nerves and muscles and causing weakness and dizziness

Cancer presents several general signs or symptoms that occur when a variety of subtypes of cancer cells are present. Most people with cancer will lose weight at some time with their disease. An unexplained (unintentional) weight loss of 10 pounds or more may be the first sign of cancer, particularly cancers of the pancreas, stomach, esophagus, or lung.

Fever is very common with cancer, but is more often seen in advanced disease. Almost all patients with cancer will have fever at some time, especially if the cancer or its treatment affects the immune system and makes it harder for the body to fight infection. Less often, fever may be an early sign of cancer, such as with leukemia or lymphoma.

Fatigue may be an important symptom as cancer progresses. It may happen early, though, in cancers such as with leukemia, or if the cancer is causing an ongoing loss of blood, as in some colon or stomach cancers.

Pain may be an early symptom with some cancers such as bone cancers or testicular cancer. But most often pain is a symptom of advanced disease.

Along with cancers of the skin (see next section), some internal cancers can cause skin signs that can be seen. These changes include the skin looking darker (hyperpigmentation), yellow (jaundice), or red (erythema); itching; or excessive hair growth.

Alternatively, or in addition, cancer subtypes present specific signs or symptoms. Changes in bowel habits or bladder function could indicate cancer. Long-term constipation, diarrhea, or a change in the size of the stool may be a sign of colon cancer. Pain with urination, blood in the urine, or a change in bladder function (such as more frequent or less frequent urination) could be related to bladder or prostate cancer.

Changes in skin condition or appearance of a new skin condition could indicate cancer. Skin cancers may bleed and look like sores that do not heal. A long-lasting sore in the mouth could be an oral cancer, especially in patients who smoke, chew tobacco, or frequently drink alcohol. Sores on the penis or vagina may either be signs of infection or an early cancer.

Unusual bleeding or discharge could indicate cancer. Unusual bleeding can happen in either early or advanced cancer. Blood in the sputum (phlegm) may be a sign of lung cancer. Blood in the stool (or a dark or black stool) could be a sign of colon or rectal cancer. Cancer of the cervix or the endometrium (lining of the uterus) can cause vaginal bleeding. Blood in the urine may be a sign of bladder or kidney cancer. A bloody discharge from the nipple may be a sign of breast cancer.

A thickening or lump in the breast or in other parts of the body could indicate the presence of a cancer. Many cancers can be felt through the skin, mostly in the breast, testicle, lymph nodes (glands), and the soft tissues of the body. A lump or thickening may be an early or late sign of cancer. Any lump or thickening could be indicative of cancer, especially if the formation is new or has grown in size.

Indigestion or trouble swallowing could indicate cancer. While these symptoms commonly have other causes, indigestion or swallowing problems may be a sign of cancer of the esophagus, stomach, or pharynx (throat).

Recent changes in a wart or mole could be indicative of cancer. Any wart, mole, or freckle that changes in color, size, or shape, or loses its definite borders indicates the potential development of cancer. For example, the skin lesion may be a melanoma.

A persistent cough or hoarseness could be indicative of cancer. A cough that does not go away may be a sign of lung cancer. Hoarseness can be a sign of cancer of the larynx (voice box) or thyroid.

While the signs and symptoms listed above are the more common ones seen with cancer, there are many others that are less common and are not listed here. However, all art-recognized signs and symptoms of cancer are contemplated and encompassed by the instant invention.

Treating cancer can result in a reduction in size of a tumor. A reduction in size of a tumor may also be referred to as “tumor regression”. Preferably, after treatment, tumor size is reduced by 5% or greater relative to its size prior to treatment; more preferably, tumor size is reduced by 10% or greater; more preferably, reduced by 20% or greater; more preferably, reduced by 30% or greater; more preferably, reduced by 40% or greater; even more preferably, reduced by 50% or greater; and most preferably, reduced by greater than 75% or greater. Size of a tumor may be measured by any reproducible means of measurement. The size of a tumor may be measured as a diameter of the tumor.

Treating cancer can result in a reduction in tumor volume. Preferably, after treatment, tumor volume is reduced by 5% or greater relative to its size prior to treatment; more preferably, tumor volume is reduced by 10% or greater; more preferably, reduced by 20% or greater; more preferably, reduced by 30% or greater; more preferably, reduced by 40% or greater; even more preferably, reduced by 50% or greater; and most preferably, reduced by greater than 75% or greater. Tumor volume may be measured by any reproducible means of measurement.

Treating cancer results in a decrease in number of tumors. Preferably, after treatment, tumor number is reduced by 5% or greater relative to number prior to treatment; more preferably, tumor number is reduced by 10% or greater; more preferably, reduced by 20% or greater; more preferably, reduced by 30% or greater; more preferably, reduced by 40% or greater; even more preferably, reduced by 50% or greater; and most preferably, reduced by greater than 75%. Number of tumors may be measured by any reproducible means of measurement. The number of tumors may be measured by counting tumors visible to the naked eye or at a specified magnification. Preferably, the specified magnification is 2×, 3×, 4×, 5×, 10×, or 50×.

Treating cancer can result in a decrease in number of metastatic lesions in other tissues or organs distant from the primary tumor site. Preferably, after treatment, the number of metastatic lesions is reduced by 5% or greater relative to number prior to treatment; more preferably, the number of metastatic lesions is reduced by 10% or greater; more preferably, reduced by 20% or greater; more preferably, reduced by 30% or greater; more preferably, reduced by 40% or greater; even more preferably, reduced by 50% or greater; and most preferably, reduced by greater than 75%. The number of metastatic lesions may be measured by any reproducible means of measurement. The number of metastatic lesions may be measured by counting metastatic lesions visible to the naked eye or at a specified magnification. Preferably, the specified magnification is 2×, 3×, 4×, 5×, 10×, or 50×.

Treating cancer can result in an increase in average survival time of a population of treated subjects in comparison to a population receiving carrier alone. Preferably, the average survival time is increased by more than 30 days; more preferably, by more than 60 days; more preferably, by more than 90 days; and most preferably, by more than 120 days. An increase in average survival time of a population may be measured by any reproducible means. An increase in average survival time of a population may be measured, for example, by calculating for a population the average length of survival following initiation of treatment with an active compound. An increase in average survival time of a population may also be measured, for example, by calculating for a population the average length of survival following completion of a first round of treatment with an active compound.

Treating cancer can result in an increase in average survival time of a population of treated subjects in comparison to a population of untreated subjects. Preferably, the average survival time is increased by more than 30 days; more preferably, by more than 60 days; more preferably, by more than 90 days; and most preferably, by more than 120 days. An increase in average survival time of a population may be measured by any reproducible means. An increase in average survival time of a population may be measured, for example, by calculating for a population the average length of survival following initiation of treatment with an active compound. An increase in average survival time of a population may also be measured, for example, by calculating for a population the average length of survival following completion of a first round of treatment with an active compound.

Treating cancer can result in increase in average survival time of a population of treated subjects in comparison to a population receiving monotherapy with a drug that is not a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, analog or derivative thereof. Preferably, the average survival time is increased by more than 30 days; more preferably, by more than 60 days; more preferably, by more than 90 days; and most preferably, by more than 120 days. An increase in average survival time of a population may be measured by any reproducible means. An increase in average survival time of a population may be measured, for example, by calculating for a population the average length of survival following initiation of treatment with an active compound. An increase in average survival time of a population may also be measured, for example, by calculating for a population the average length of survival following completion of a first round of treatment with an active compound.

Treating cancer can result in a decrease in the mortality rate of a population of treated subjects in comparison to a population receiving carrier alone. Treating cancer can result in a decrease in the mortality rate of a population of treated subjects in comparison to an untreated population. Treating cancer can result in a decrease in the mortality rate of a population of treated subjects in comparison to a population receiving monotherapy with a drug that is not a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, analog or derivative thereof. Preferably, the mortality rate is decreased by more than 2%; more preferably, by more than 5%; more preferably, by more than 10%; and most preferably, by more than 25%. A decrease in the mortality rate of a population of treated subjects may be measured by any reproducible means. A decrease in the mortality rate of a population may be measured, for example, by calculating for a population the average number of disease-related deaths per unit time following initiation of treatment with an active compound. A decrease in the mortality rate of a population may also be measured, for example, by calculating for a population the average number of disease-related deaths per unit time following completion of a first round of treatment with an active compound.

Treating cancer can result in a decrease in tumor growth rate. Preferably, after treatment, tumor growth rate is reduced by at least 5% relative to number prior to treatment; more preferably, tumor growth rate is reduced by at least 10%; more preferably, reduced by at least 20%; more preferably, reduced by at least 30%; more preferably, reduced by at least 40%; more preferably, reduced by at least 50%; even more preferably, reduced by at least 50%; and most preferably, reduced by at least 75%. Tumor growth rate may be measured by any reproducible means of measurement. Tumor growth rate can be measured according to a change in tumor diameter per unit time.

Treating cancer can result in a decrease in tumor regrowth. Preferably, after treatment, tumor regrowth is less than 5%; more preferably, tumor regrowth is less than 10%; more preferably, less than 20%; more preferably, less than 30%; more preferably, less than 40%; more preferably, less than 50%; even more preferably, less than 50%; and most preferably, less than 75%. Tumor regrowth may be measured by any reproducible means of measurement. Tumor regrowth is measured, for example, by measuring an increase in the diameter of a tumor after a prior tumor shrinkage that followed treatment. A decrease in tumor regrowth is indicated by failure of tumors to reoccur after treatment has stopped.

Treating or preventing a cell proliferative disorder can result in a reduction in the rate of cellular proliferation. Preferably, after treatment, the rate of cellular proliferation is reduced by at least 5%; more preferably, by at least 10%; more preferably, by at least 20%; more preferably, by at least 30%; more preferably, by at least 40%; more preferably, by at least 50%; even more preferably, by at least 50%; and most preferably, by at least 75%. The rate of cellular proliferation may be measured by any reproducible means of measurement. The rate of cellular proliferation is measured, for example, by measuring the number of dividing cells in a tissue sample per unit time.

Treating or preventing a cell proliferative disorder can result in a reduction in the proportion of proliferating cells. Preferably, after treatment, the proportion of proliferating cells is reduced by at least 5%; more preferably, by at least 10%; more preferably, by at least 20%; more preferably, by at least 30%; more preferably, by at least 40%; more preferably, by at least 50%; even more preferably, by at least 50%; and most preferably, by at least 75%. The proportion of proliferating cells may be measured by any reproducible means of measurement. Preferably, the proportion of proliferating cells is measured, for example, by quantifying the number of dividing cells relative to the number of nondividing cells in a tissue sample. The proportion of proliferating cells can be equivalent to the mitotic index.

Treating or preventing a cell proliferative disorder can result in a decrease in size of an area or zone of cellular proliferation. Preferably, after treatment, size of an area or zone of cellular proliferation is reduced by at least 5% relative to its size prior to treatment; more preferably, reduced by at least 10%; more preferably, reduced by at least 20%; more preferably, reduced by at least 30%; more preferably, reduced by at least 40%; more preferably, reduced by at least 50%; even more preferably, reduced by at least 50%; and most preferably, reduced by at least 75%. Size of an area or zone of cellular proliferation may be measured by any reproducible means of measurement. The size of an area or zone of cellular proliferation may be measured as a diameter or width of an area or zone of cellular proliferation.

Treating or preventing a cell proliferative disorder can result in a decrease in the number or proportion of cells having an abnormal appearance or morphology. Preferably, after treatment, the number of cells having an abnormal morphology is reduced by at least 5% relative to its size prior to treatment; more preferably, reduced by at least 10%; more preferably, reduced by at least 20%; more preferably, reduced by at least 30%; more preferably, reduced by at least 40%; more preferably, reduced by at least 50%; even more preferably, reduced by at least 50%; and most preferably, reduced by at least 75%. An abnormal cellular appearance or morphology may be measured by any reproducible means of measurement. An abnormal cellular morphology can be measured by microscopy, e.g., using an inverted tissue culture microscope. An abnormal cellular morphology can take the form of nuclear pleiomorphism.

As used herein, the term “selectively” means tending to occur at a higher frequency in one population than in another population. The compared populations can be cell populations. Preferably, a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, acts selectively on a cancer or precancerous cell but not on a normal cell. Preferably, a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, acts selectively to modulate one molecular target (e.g., a target kinase) but does not significantly modulate another molecular target (e.g., a non-target kinase). The invention also provides a method for selectively inhibiting the activity of an enzyme, such as a kinase. Preferably, an event occurs selectively in population A relative to population B if it occurs greater than two times more frequently in population A as compared to population B. An event occurs selectively if it occurs greater than five times more frequently in population A. An event occurs selectively if it occurs greater than ten times more frequently in population A; more preferably, greater than fifty times; even more preferably, greater than 100 times; and most preferably, greater than 1000 times more frequently in population A as compared to population B. For example, cell death would be the to occur selectively in cancer cells if it occurred greater than twice as frequently in cancer cells as compared to normal cells.

A compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, can modulate the activity of a molecular target (e.g., a target kinase). Modulating refers to stimulating or inhibiting an activity of a molecular target. Preferably, a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, modulates the activity of a molecular target if it stimulates or inhibits the activity of the molecular target by at least 2-fold relative to the activity of the molecular target under the same conditions but lacking only the presence of the compound. More preferably, a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, modulates the activity of a molecular target if it stimulates or inhibits the activity of the molecular target by at least 5-fold, at least 10-fold, at least 20-fold, at least 50-fold, at least 100-fold relative to the activity of the molecular target under the same conditions but lacking only the presence of the compound. The activity of a molecular target may be measured by any reproducible means. The activity of a molecular target may be measured in vitro or in vivo. For example, the activity of a molecular target may be measured in vitro by an enzymatic activity assay or a DNA binding assay, or the activity of a molecular target may be measured in vivo by assaying for expression of a reporter gene.

A compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, does not significantly modulate the activity of a molecular target if the addition of the compound does not stimulate or inhibit the activity of the molecular target by greater than 10% relative to the activity of the molecular target under the same conditions but lacking only the presence of the compound.

As used herein, the term “isozyme selective” means preferential inhibition or stimulation of a first isoform of an enzyme in comparison to a second isoform of an enzyme (e.g., preferential inhibition or stimulation of a kinase isozyme alpha in comparison to a kinase isozyme beta). Preferably, a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, demonstrates a minimum of a four fold differential, preferably a ten fold differential, more preferably a fifty fold differential, in the dosage required to achieve a biological effect. Preferably, a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, demonstrates this differential across the range of inhibition, and the differential is exemplified at the IC₅₀, i.e., a 50% inhibition, for a molecular target of interest.

Administering a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, to a cell or a subject in need thereof can result in modulation (i.e., stimulation or inhibition) of an activity of a kinase of interest.

The present invention provides methods to assess biological activity of a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof. In one method, an assay based on enzymatic activity can be utilized. In one specific enzymatic activity assay, the enzymatic activity is from a kinase. As used herein, “kinase” refers to a large class of enzymes which catalyze the transfer of the γ-phosphate from ATP to the hydroxyl group on the side chain of Ser/Thr or Tyr in proteins and peptides and are intimately involved in the control of various important cell functions, perhaps most notably: signal transduction, differentiation, and proliferation. There are estimated to be about 2,000 distinct protein kinases in the human body, and although each of these phosphorylates particular protein/peptide substrates, they all bind the same second substrate ATP in a highly conserved pocket. About 50% of the known oncogene products are protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs), and their kinase activity has been shown to lead to cell transformation. Preferably, the kinase assayed is a tyrosine kinase.

A change in enzymatic activity caused by a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, can be measured in the disclosed assays. The change in enzymatic activity can be characterized by the change in the extent of phosphorylation of certain substrates. As used herein, “phosphorylation” refers to the addition of phosphate groups to a substrate, including proteins and organic molecules; and, plays an important role in regulating the biological activities of proteins. Preferably, the phosphorylation assayed and measured involves the addition of phosphate groups to tyrosine residues. The substrate can be a peptide or protein.

In some assays, immunological reagents, e.g., antibodies and antigens, are employed. Fluorescence can be utilized in the measurement of enzymatic activity in some assays. As used herein, “fluorescence” refers to a process through which a molecule emits a photon as a result of absorbing an incoming photon of higher energy by the same molecule. Specific methods for assessing the biological activity of the disclosed compounds are described in the examples.

As used herein, an activity of c-Met refers to any biological function or activity that is carried out by c-Met. For example, a function of c-Met includes phosphorylation of downstream target proteins. Other functions of c-Met include autophosphorylation, binding of adaptor proteins such as Gab-1, Grb-2, Shc, SHP2 and c-Cbl, and activation of signal transducers such as Ras, Src, PI3K, PLC-γ, STATs, ERK1 and 2 and FAK.

Administering a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, to a cell or a subject in need thereof results in modulation (i.e., stimulation or inhibition) of an activity of an intracellular target (e.g., substrate). Several intracellular targets can be modulated with the compounds of the present invention, including, but not limited to, adaptor proteins such as Gab-1, Grb-2, Shc, SHP2 and c-Cbl, and signal transducers such as Ras, Src, PI3K, PLC-γ, STATs, ERK1 and 2 and FAK.

Activating refers to placing a composition of matter (e.g., protein or nucleic acid) in a state suitable for carrying out a desired biological function. A composition of matter capable of being activated also has an unactivated state. An activated composition of matter may have an inhibitory or stimulatory biological function, or both.

Elevation refers to an increase in a desired biological activity of a composition of matter (e.g., a protein or a nucleic acid). Elevation may occur through an increase in concentration of a composition of matter.

As used herein, “a cell cycle checkpoint pathway” refers to a biochemical pathway that is involved in modulation of a cell cycle checkpoint. A cell cycle checkpoint pathway may have stimulatory or inhibitory effects, or both, on one or more functions comprising a cell cycle checkpoint. A cell cycle checkpoint pathway is comprised of at least two compositions of matter, preferably proteins, both of which contribute to modulation of a cell cycle checkpoint. A cell cycle checkpoint pathway may be activated through an activation of one or more members of the cell cycle checkpoint pathway. Preferably, a cell cycle checkpoint pathway is a biochemical signaling pathway.

As used herein, “cell cycle checkpoint regulator” refers to a composition of matter that can function, at least in part, in modulation of a cell cycle checkpoint. A cell cycle checkpoint regulator may have stimulatory or inhibitory effects, or both, on one or more functions comprising a cell cycle checkpoint. A cell cycle checkpoint regulator can be a protein or not a protein.

Treating cancer or a cell proliferative disorder can result in cell death, and preferably, cell death results in a decrease of at least 10% in number of cells in a population. More preferably, cell death means a decrease of at least 20%; more preferably, a decrease of at least 30%; more preferably, a decrease of at least 40%; more preferably, a decrease of at least 50%; most preferably, a decrease of at least 75%. Number of cells in a population may be measured by any reproducible means. A number of cells in a population can be measured by fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS), immunofluorescence microscopy and light microscopy. Methods of measuring cell death are as shown in Li et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci US A. 100(5): 2674-8, 2003. In an aspect, cell death occurs by apoptosis.

Preferably, an effective amount of a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, is not significantly cytotoxic to normal cells. A therapeutically effective amount of a compound is not significantly cytotoxic to normal cells if administration of the compound in a therapeutically effective amount does not induce cell death in greater than 10% of normal cells. A therapeutically effective amount of a compound does not significantly affect the viability of normal cells if administration of the compound in a therapeutically effective amount does not induce cell death in greater than 10% of normal cells. In an aspect, cell death occurs by apoptosis.

Contacting a cell with a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, can induce or activate cell death selectively in cancer cells. Administering to a subject in need thereof a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, can induce or activate cell death selectively in cancer cells. Contacting a cell with a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, can induce cell death selectively in one or more cells affected by a cell proliferative disorder. Preferably, administering to a subject in need thereof a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, induces cell death selectively in one or more cells affected by a cell proliferative disorder.

The present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing cancer by administering a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, to a subject in need thereof, where administration of the compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, results in one or more of the following: accumulation of cells in G1 and/or S phase of the cell cycle, cytotoxicity via cell death in cancer cells without a significant amount of cell death in normal cells, antitumor activity in animals with a therapeutic index of at least 2, and activation of a cell cycle checkpoint. As used herein, “therapeutic index” is the maximum tolerated dose divided by the efficacious dose.

One skilled in the art may refer to general reference texts for detailed descriptions of known techniques discussed herein or equivalent techniques. These texts include Ausubel et al., Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (2005); Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning, A Laboratory Manual (3^(rd) edition), Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (2000); Coligan et al., Current Protocols in Immunology, John Wiley & Sons, N.Y.; Enna et al., Current Protocols in Pharmacology, John Wiley & Sons, N.Y.; Fingl et al., The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (1975), Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mack Publishing Co., Easton, Pa., 18^(th) edition (1990). These texts can, of course, also be referred to in making or using an aspect of the invention

As used herein, “combination therapy” or “co-therapy” includes the administration of a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, and at least a second agent as part of a specific treatment regimen intended to provide the beneficial effect from the co-action of these therapeutic agents. The beneficial effect of the combination includes, but is not limited to, pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic co-action resulting from the combination of therapeutic agents. Administration of these therapeutic agents in combination typically is carried out over a defined time period (usually minutes, hours, days or weeks depending upon the combination selected). “Combination therapy” may be, but generally is not, intended to encompass the administration of two or more of these therapeutic agents as part of separate monotherapy regimens that incidentally and arbitrarily result in the combinations of the present invention.

“Combination therapy” is intended to embrace administration of these therapeutic agents in a sequential manner, wherein each therapeutic agent is administered at a different time, as well as administration of these therapeutic agents, or at least two of the therapeutic agents, in a substantially simultaneous manner. Substantially simultaneous administration can be accomplished, for example, by administering to the subject a single capsule having a fixed ratio of each therapeutic agent or in multiple, single capsules for each of the therapeutic agents. Sequential or substantially simultaneous administration of each therapeutic agent can be effected by any appropriate route including, but not limited to, oral routes, intravenous routes, intramuscular routes, and direct absorption through mucous membrane tissues. The therapeutic agents can be administered by the same route or by different routes. For example, a first therapeutic agent of the combination selected may be administered by intravenous injection while the other therapeutic agents of the combination may be administered orally. Alternatively, for example, all therapeutic agents may be administered orally or all therapeutic agents may be administered by intravenous injection. The sequence in which the therapeutic agents are administered is not narrowly critical.

“Combination therapy” also embraces the administration of the therapeutic agents as described above in further combination with other biologically active ingredients and non-drug therapies (e.g., surgery or radiation treatment). Where the combination therapy further comprises a non-drug treatment, the non-drug treatment may be conducted at any suitable time so long as a beneficial effect from the co-action of the combination of the therapeutic agents and non-drug treatment is achieved. For example, in appropriate cases, the beneficial effect is still achieved when the non-drug treatment is temporally removed from the administration of the therapeutic agents, perhaps by days or even weeks.

A compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, analog or derivative thereof, may be administered in combination with a second chemotherapeutic agent. The second chemotherapeutic agent (also referred to as an anti-neoplastic agent or anti-proliferative agent) can be an alkylating agent; an antibiotic; an anti-metabolite; a detoxifying agent; an interferon; a polyclonal or monoclonal antibody; an EGFR inhibitor; a HER2 inhibitor; a histone deacetylase inhibitor; a hormone; a mitotic inhibitor; an MTOR inhibitor; a multi-kinase inhibitor; a serine/threonine kinase inhibitor; a tyrosine kinase inhibitors; a VEGF/VEGFR inhibitor; a taxane or taxane derivative, an aromatase inhibitor, an anthracycline, a microtubule targeting drug, a topoisomerase poison drug, an inhibitor of a molecular target or enzyme (e.g., a kinase inhibitor), a cytidine analogue drug or any chemotherapeutic, anti-neoplastic or anti-proliferative agent listed in www.cancer.org/docroot/cdg/cdg_0.asp.

Exemplary alkylating agents include, but are not limited to, cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan; Neosar); chlorambucil (Leukeran); melphalan (Alkeran); carmustine (BiCNU); busulfan (Busulfex); lomustine (CeeNU); dacarbazine (DTIC-Dome); oxaliplatin (Eloxatin); carmustine (Gliadel); ifosfamide (Ifex); mechlorethamine (Mustargen); busulfan (Myleran); carboplatin (Paraplatin); cisplatin (CDDP; Platinol); temozolomide (Temodar); thiotepa (Thioplex); bendamustine (Treanda); or streptozocin (Zanosar).

Exemplary antibiotics include, but are not limited to, doxorubicin (Adriamycin); doxorubicin liposomal (Doxil); mitoxantrone (Novantrone); bleomycin (Blenoxane); daunorubicin (Cerubidine); daunorubicin liposomal (DaunoXome); dactinomycin (Cosmegen); epirubicin (Ellence); idarubicin (Idamycin); plicamycin (Mithracin); mitomycin (Mutamycin); pentostatin (Nipent); or valrubicin (Valstar).

Exemplary anti-metabolites include, but are not limited to, fluorouracil (Adrucil); capecitabine (Xeloda); hydroxyurea (Hydrea); mercaptopurine (Purinethol); pemetrexed (Alimta); fludarabine (Fludara); nelarabine (Arranon); cladribine (Cladribine Novaplus); clofarabine (Clolar); cytarabine (Cytosar-U); decitabine (Dacogen); cytarabine liposomal (DepoCyt); hydroxyurea (Droxia); pralatrexate (Folotyn); floxuridine (FUDR); gemcitabine (Gemzar); cladribine (Leustatin); fludarabine (Oforta); methotrexate (MTX; Rheumatrex); methotrexate (Trexall); thioguanine (Tabloid); TS-1 or cytarabine (Tarabine PFS).

Exemplary detoxifying agents include, but are not limited to, amifostine (Ethyol) or mesna (Mesnex).

Exemplary interferons include, but are not limited to, interferon alfa-2b (Intron A) or interferon alfa-2a (Roferon-A).

Exemplary polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies include, but are not limited to, trastuzumab (Herceptin); ofatumumab (Arzerra); bevacizumab (Avastin); rituximab (Rituxan); cetuximab (Erbitux); panitumumab (Vectibix); tositumomab/iodine¹³¹ tositumomab (Bexxar); alemtuzumab (Campath); ibritumomab (Zevalin; In-111; Y-90 Zevalin); gemtuzumab (Mylotarg); eculizumab (Soliris) ordenosumab.

Exemplary EGFR inhibitors include, but are not limited to, gefitinib (Iressa); lapatinib (Tykerb); cetuximab (Erbitux); erlotinib (Tarceva); panitumumab (Vectibix); PKI-166; canertinib (CI-1033); matuzumab (Emd7200) or EKB-569.

Exemplary HER2 inhibitors include, but are not limited to, trastuzumab (Herceptin); lapatinib (Tykerb) or AC-480.

Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors include, but are not limited to, vorinostat (Zolinza).

Exemplary hormones include, but are not limited to, tamoxifen (Soltamox; Nolvadex); raloxifene (Evista); megestrol (Megace); leuprolide (Lupron; Lupron Depot; Eligard; Viadur); fulvestrant (Faslodex); letrozole (Femara); triptorelin (Trelstar LA; Trelstar Depot); exemestane (Aromasin); goserelin (Zoladex); bicalutamide (Casodex); anastrozole (Arimidex); fluoxymesterone (Androxy; Halotestin); medroxyprogesterone (Provera; Depo-Provera); estramustine (Emcyt); flutamide (Eulexin); toremifene (Fareston); degarelix (Firmagon); nilutamide (Nilandron); abarelix (Plenaxis); or testolactone (Teslac).

Exemplary mitotic inhibitors include, but are not limited to, paclitaxel (Taxol; Onxol; Abraxane); docetaxel (Taxotere); vincristine (Oncovin; Vincasar PFS); vinblastine (Velban); etoposide (Toposar; Etopophos; VePesid); teniposide (Vumon); ixabepilone (Ixempra); nocodazole; epothilone; vinorelbine (Navelbine); camptothecin (CPT); irinotecan (Camptosar); topotecan (Hycamtin); amsacrine or lamellarin D (LAM-D).

Exemplary MTOR inhibitors include, but are not limited to, everolimus (Afinitor) or temsirolimus (Torisel); rapamune, ridaforolimus; or AP23573.

Exemplary multi-kinase inhibitors include, but are not limited to, sorafenib (Nexavar); sunitinib (Sutent); BIBW 2992; E7080; Zd6474; PKC-412; motesanib; or AP24534.

Exemplary serine/threonine kinase inhibitors include, but are not limited to, ruboxistaurin; eril/easudil hydrochloride; flavopiridol; seliciclib (CYC202; Roscovitrine); SNS-032 (BMS-387032); Pkc412; bryostatin; KAI-9803; SF1126; VX-680; Azd1152; Arry-142886 (AZD-6244); SCIO-469; GW681323; CC-401; CEP-1347 or PD 332991.

Exemplary tyrosine kinase inhibitors include, but are not limited to, erlotinib (Tarceva); gefitinib (Iressa); imatinib (Gleevec); sorafenib (Nexavar); sunitinib (Sutent); trastuzumab (Herceptin); bevacizumab (Avastin); rituximab (Rituxan); lapatinib (Tykerb); cetuximab (Erbitux); panitumumab (Vectibix); everolimus (Afinitor); alemtuzumab (Campath); gemtuzumab (Mylotarg); temsirolimus (Torisel); pazopanib (Votrient); dasatinib (Sprycel); nilotinib (Tasigna); vatalanib (Ptk787; ZK222584); CEP-701; SU5614; MLN518; XL999; VX-322; Azd0530; BMS-354825; SKI-606 CP-690; AG-490; WHI-P154; WHI-P131; AC-220; or AMG888.

Exemplary VEGF/VEGFR inhibitors include, but are not limited to, bevacizumab (Avastin); sorafenib (Nexavar); sunitinib (Sutent); ranibizumab; pegaptanib; or vandetinib.

Exemplary microtubule targeting drugs include, but are not limited to, paclitaxel, docetaxel, vincristin, vinblastin, nocodazole, epothilones and navelbine.

Exemplary topoisomerase poison drugs include, but are not limited to, teniposide, etoposide, adriamycin, camptothecin, daunorubicin, dactinomycin, mitoxantrone, amsacrine, epirubicin and idarubicin.

Exemplary taxanes or taxane derivatives include, but are not limited to, paclitaxel and docetaxol.

Exemplary general chemotherapeutic, anti-neoplastic, anti-proliferative agents include, but are not limited to, altretamine (Hexalen); isotretinoin (Accutane; Amnesteem; Claravis; Sotret); tretinoin (Vesanoid); azacitidine (Vidaza); bortezomib (Velcade) asparaginase (Elspar); levamisole (Ergamisol); mitotane (Lysodren); procarbazine (Matulane); pegaspargase (Oncaspar); denileukin diftitox (Ontak); porfimer (Photofrin); aldesleukin (Proleukin); lenalidomide (Revlimid); bexarotene (Targretin); thalidomide (Thalomid); temsirolimus (Torisel); arsenic trioxide (Trisenox); verteporfin (Visudyne); mimosine (Leucenol); (1M tegafur—0.4 M 5-chloro-2,4-dihydroxypyrimidine—1 M potassium oxonate) or lovastatin.

In another aspect, the second chemotherapeutic agent can be a cytokine such as G-CSF (granulocyte colony stimulating factor). In another aspect, a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, analog or derivative thereof, may be administered in combination with radiation therapy. Radiation therapy can also be administered in combination with a compound of the present invention and another chemotherapeutic agent described herein as part of a multiple agent therapy. In yet another aspect, a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, analog or derivative thereof, may be administered in combination with standard chemotherapy combinations such as, but not restricted to, CMF (cyclophosphamide, methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil), CAF (cyclophosphamide, adriamycin and 5-fluorouracil), AC (adriamycin and cyclophosphamide), FEC (5-fluorouracil, epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide), ACT or ATC (adriamycin, cyclophosphamide, and paclitaxel), rituximab, Xeloda (capecitabine), Cisplatin (CDDP), Carboplatin, TS-1 (tegafur, gimestat and otastat potassium at a molar ratio of 1:0.4:1), Camptothecin-11 (CPT-11, Irinotecan or Camptosar™) or CMFP (cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, 5-fluorouracil and prednisone).

In preferred embodiments, a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, polymorph or solvate thereof, may be administered with an inhibitor of an enzyme, such as a receptor or non-receptor kinase. Receptor and non-receptor kinases of the invention are, for example, tyrosine kinases or serine/threonine kinases. Kinase inhibitors of the invention are small molecules, polynucleic acids, polypeptides, or antibodies.

Exemplary kinase inhibitors include, but are not limited to, Bevacizumab (targets VEGF), BIBW 2992 (targets EGFR and Erb2), Cetuximab/Erbitux (targets Erb1), Imatinib/Gleevic (targets Bcr-Abl), Trastuzumab (targets Erb2), Gefitinib/Iressa (targets EGFR), Ranibizumab (targets VEGF), Pegaptanib (targets VEGF), Erlotinib/Tarceva (targets Erb1), Nilotinib (targets Bcr-Abl), Lapatinib (targets Erb1 and Erb2/Her2), GW-572016/lapatinib ditosylate (targets HER2/Erb2), Panitumumab/Vectibix (targets EGFR), Vandetinib (targets RET/VEGFR), E7080 (multiple targets including RET and VEGFR), Herceptin (targets HER2/Erb2), PKI-166 (targets EGFR), Canertinib/CI-1033 (targets EGFR), Sunitinib/SU-11464/Sutent (targets EGFR and FLT3), Matuzumab/Emd7200 (targets EGFR), EKB-569 (targets EGFR), Zd6474 (targets EGFR and VEGFR), PKC-412 (targets VEGR and FLT3), Vatalanib/Ptk787/ZK222584 (targets VEGR), CEP-701 (targets FLT3), SU5614 (targets FLT3), MLN518 (targets FLT3), XL999 (targets FLT3), VX-322 (targets FLT3), Azd0530 (targets SRC), BMS-354825 (targets SRC), SKI-606 (targets SRC), CP-690 (targets JAK), AG-490 (targets JAK), WHI-P154 (targets JAK), WHI-P131 (targets JAK), sorafenib/Nexavar (targets RAF kinase, VEGFR-1, VEGFR-2, VEGFR-3, PDGFR-ß, KIT, FLT-3, and RET), Dasatinib/Sprycel (BCR/ABL and Src), AC-220 (targets Flt3), AC-480 (targets all HER proteins, “panHER”), Motesanib diphosphate (targets VEGF1-3, PDGFR, and c-kit), Denosumab (targets RANKL, inhibits SRC), AMG888 (targets HER3), and AP24534 (multiple targets including Flt3).

Exemplary serine/threonine kinase inhibitors include, but are not limited to, Rapamune (targets mTOR/FRAP1), Deforolimus (targets mTOR), Certican/Everolimus (targets mTOR/FRAP1), AP23573 (targets mTOR/FRAP1), Eril/Fasudil hydrochloride (targets RHO), Flavopiridol (targets CDK), Seliciclib/CYC202/Roscovitrine (targets CDK), SNS-032/BMS-387032 (targets CDK), Ruboxistaurin (targets PKC), Pkc412 (targets PKC), Bryostatin (targets PKC), KAI-9803 (targets PKC), SF1126 (targets PI3K), VX-680 (targets Aurora kinase), Azd1152 (targets Aurora kinase), Arry-142886/AZD-6244 (targets MAP/MEK), SCIO-469 (targets MAP/MEK), GW681323 (targets MAP/MEK), CC-401 (targets JNK), CEP-1347 (targets JNK), and PD 332991 (targets CDK).

Compound 1 is a synthetic, orally bioavailable, novel small molecule microtubule polymerization inhibitor with very high CNS penetration. The efficacy of compound 1 as a novel anti-cancer agent is tested directly using mouse model of malignant glioma. Compound 1 is an orally administered tubulin polymerization inhibitor that binds to a novel site on heterodimeric tubulin, and to a novel conformation of the dimer. Compound 1 can inhibit Src signaling in tumors. Compound 1 has been evaluated in various brain tumor cell lines. In all cases, compound 1 inhibited proliferation with GI₅₀'s<55 nM. When administered orally to mice at a dose of 10 mg/kg, the ratio of drug levels in the brain compared to plasma levels was 0.76, indicating excellent blood brain barrier penetration.

Compound 1 was evaluated in various human and mouse brain tumor cells derived from glioblastoma multiforme, astrocytoma and medulloblastoma. See, e.g., US2011/0281872. Compound 1 potently inhibited the growth of these brain tumor cells. When administered to mice compound 1 penetrated the brain by 76%, thereby successfully addressing the first major challenge in brain cancer drug discovery. Drugs which are used to treat brain tumors often penetrate only 20% or less. In mice with aggressive brain tumors compound 1 not only very significantly slows the rate of tumor growth, but also up to 60% of the drug treated mice experience complete tumor regression and no reoccurrence within their normal full life span (about 2 years for mice). Temodar has also been evaluated in this mouse model for comparison, and it does not cause complete tumor regression, but rather only slows the growth rate of the tumors. In addition, it was observed that compound 1 treated mice had much less brain edema than placebo or Temodar treated mice.

Compound 1 was also evaluated in the orthotropic GL261 glioma model in immune-competent, syngeneic C57BL/6 mice. Mice implanted intracerebrally with 1×1⁰⁵ GL261 cells treated with vehicle alone (saline) have a median survival time (MeST) of 21 days (range 18-28). Mice treated by oral compound 1 (30 mg/kg, b.i.d.) have a MeST of 30.5 days ranging 23-32 days. In contrast, when compound 1 is given orally at (30 mg/kg, s.i.d.) the MeST increases to over 120 days, with more than 60% of the treatment group still alive 12 months later (p<0.0001). Specimens from these mice also showed lymphocytic infiltration of the tumor site. Further experiments were performed using a SCID version of C57BL/6 mice (B6.CB17-Prkd^(cscid)/SzJ), a mouse model of B6 background, but is immune-compromised. In this SCID model, mice bearing GL261 intracerebral tumors and treated with vehicle alone had a similar survival as the immune-competent C57BL/6 counterpart, however mice treated with compound 1 now only had a MeST of 40 days (range 29-75). SCID mice surviving greater than 45 days all proceeded to develop lethal GL261 gliomas (observed by MRI) shortly after drug was discontinued. C57BL/6 mice “cured” in the previous group (immune-competent) also subsequently rejected a second GL261 tumor implant challenge. Additional molecular studies show that compound 1 increased expression and altered the localization of intracellular survivin, a molecule that can be targeted by immunotherapy.

The results of five independent studies indicate that compound 1 slows the growth rate of intracerebral GL261 glioma relative to control groups. When given as a single dose per day (s.i.d.) compound 1 led to complete tumor regression in up to 60% of treated mice without further progression. The subsequent rejection of a second tumor in these mice is indicative of immune memory. This magnitude of anti-tumor effect was not observed in SCID models leading to the possibility that compound 1 may be involved in an anti-tumor immune response.

Compound 1 slows the growth rate of intracerebral GL261 glioma relative to control groups. When given single dose per day (s.i.d.) compound 1 led to complete tumor regression in up to 60% of treated mice without further progression. Long term survivor C57BL/6 mice subsequently rejected a second GL261 tumor implant challenge, consistent with generation of productive immune memory. This magnitude of anti-tumor effect was not observed in the immunocompromised mice, suggesting that the once daily dosing regimen with compound 1 permits the generation of an effective immune response that contributes to long-term cures.

As described herein, the compounds of the invention may be used to regulate immune system activity in a subject, thereby protecting against or preventing autoimmune disease, e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, sepsis and lupus as well as transplant rejection and allergic diseases. Alternatively, the compound may be used to treat autoimmune disease in a subject. For example, the compound may result in reduction in the severity of symptoms or halt impending progression of the autoimmune disease in a subject. The compound of the invention may be involved in modulating a kinase signaling cascade, e.g., a kinase inhibitor, a non-ATP competitive inhibitor, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, e.g., a Src inhibitor, a p59fyn (Fyn) inhibitor or a p56lck (Lck) inhibitor.

Autoimmune diseases are diseases caused by a breakdown of self-tolerance such that the adaptive immune system responds to self antigens and mediates cell and tissue damage. Autoimmune diseases can be organ specific (e.g., thyroiditis or diabetes) or systemic (e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus). T cells modulate the cell-mediated immune response in the adaptive immune system. Under normal conditions, T cells express antigen receptors (T cell receptors) that recognize peptide fragments of foreign proteins bound to self major histocompatibility complex molecules. Among the earliest recognizable events after T cell receptor (TCR) stimulation are the activation of Lck and Fyn, resulting in TCR phosphorylation on tyrosine residues within immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (Zamoyska, et al.; 2003, Immunol. Rev., 191, 107-118). Tyrosine kinases, such as Lck (which is a member of the Src family of protein tyrosine kinases) play an essential role in the regulation of cell signaling and cell proliferation by phosphorylating tyrosine residues of peptides and proteins (Levitzki; 2001, Top. Curr. Chem., 211, 1-15; Longati, et al.; 2001, Curr. Drug Targets, 2, 41-55; Qian, and Weiss; 1997, Curr. Opin. Cell Biol., 9, 205-211). Thus, although not wishing to be bound by theory, it is hypothesized that the administration of a compound of the instant invention which modulates tyrosine kinase (e.g., Src) activity is useful in the treatment of autoimmune disease.

The tyrosine kinases lck and fyn are both activated in the TCR pathway; thus, inhibitors of lck and/or fyn have potential utility as autoimmune agents (Palacios and Weiss; 2004, Oncogene, 23, 7990-8000). Lck and Fyn are predominantly expressed by T cells through most of their lifespan. The roles of Lck and Fyn in T cell development, homeostasis and activation have been demonstrated by animal and cell line studies (Parang and Sun; 2005, Expert Opin. The. Patents, 15, 1183-1207). Lck activation is involved in autoimmune diseases and transplant rejection (Kamens, et al.; 2001, Curr. Opin. Investig. Drugs, 2, 1213-1219). Results have shown that the lck (-) Jurkat cell lines are unable to proliferate, produce cytokines, and generate increases in intracellular calcium, inositol phosphate, and tyrosine phosphorylation in response to T cell receptor stimulation (Straus and Weiss; 1992, Cell., 70, 585-593; Yamasaki, et al.; 1996, Mol. Cell. Biol., 16, 7151-7160). Therefore, an agent inhibiting lck would effectively block T cell function, act as an immunosuppressive agent, and have potential utility in autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and lupus, as well as in the area of transplant rejection and allergic diseases (Hanke and Pollok; 1995, Inflammation Res., 44, 357-371). Thus, although not wishing to be bound by theory, it is hypothesized that the administration of a compound of the instant invention which modulates one or more members of the Src family of protein tyrosine kinases (e.g., lck and/or fyn) is useful in the treatment of autoimmune disease.

The invention relates to substantially pure N-(3-fluorobenzyl)-2-(5-(4-morpholinophenyl)pyridin-2-yl)acetamide (compound 1), and salts, solvates, hydrates, or prodrugs thereof:

The invention relates to compositions and processes for the synthesis of highly purified compound 1 (>98.0% as determined by HPLC) which is safe and simple and which produces compound 1 on a large scale (>100 g). Preferably the synthesis produces the compound in high yield (>80%) and with limited impurities.

In preferred embodiments, compound 1 in the compositions of the instant invention has a purity of greater than 98%. For example, the purity of compound 1 in the compositions of the invention is 98.5%, 99.0%, 99.5%, 99.6%, 99.7%, 99.8% or 99.9%.

In preferred embodiments, the compositions and formulations of the invention contain less than 2% impurities.

Some impurities are measured in parts per million, which is a relative weight measurement equal to weight of solute/weight of solution ×1,000,000, for example, the weight of ethyl chloride/weight of compound 1 di-HCl sample ×1,000,000.

The invention relates to a composition that includes a substantially pure solvate of compound 1.

The invention also relates to a composition that includes a substantially pure hydrate of compound 1.

The invention also includes a substantially pure acid addition salt of compound 1. For example, a hydrochloride salt. The acid addition salt can be, for example, a dihydrochloride salt.

The invention relates to a composition that includes a substantially pure acid addition salt of compound 1.

The invention relates to a composition that includes a substantially pure hydrochloride salt of compound 1.

The invention relates to a composition that includes a substantially pure dihydrochloride salt of compound 1.

In one aspect, the acid addition salt can be, for example, a benzenesulfonate salt.

The invention relates to a composition that includes a substantially pure benzenesulfonate salt of compound 1.

The invention also includes a prodrug of compound 1.

The invention also includes a substantially pure, pharmaceutically acceptable salt of compound 1.

The invention also relates to a composition that includes substantially pure compound 1 or a solvate, hydrate, or salt thereof, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

The invention also relates to a composition that includes substantially pure compound 1 salt and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

Certain compounds of the invention are non-ATP competitive kinase inhibitors.

The invention also includes a method of preventing or treating a cell proliferation disorder by administering a pharmaceutical composition that includes a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient to a subject in need thereof.

For example, the cell proliferation disorder is pre-cancer or cancer. The cell proliferation disorder treated or prevented by the compounds of the invention may be a cancer, such as, for example, colon cancer or lung cancer.

The cell proliferation disorder treated or prevented by the compounds of the invention may be a hyperproliferative disorder

The cell proliferation disorder treated or prevented by the compounds of the invention may be psoriases.

For example, the treatment or prevention of the proliferative disorder may occur through the inhibition of a tyrosine kinase. For example, the tyrosine kinase can be a Src kinase or focal adhesion kinase (FAK).

The invention relates to a method of treating or preventing a disease or disorder that is modulated by kinase inhibition, by administering a pharmaceutical composition that includes a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. For example, the disease or disorder that is modulated by tyrosine kinase inhibition is cancer, pre-cancer, a hyperproliferative disorder, or a microbial infection.

The pharmaceutical composition of the invention may modulate a kinase pathway. For example, the kinase pathway is a Src kinase pathway, or focal adhesion kinase pathway.

The pharmaceutical composition of the invention may modulate a kinase directly. For example, the kinase is Src kinase, or focal adhesion kinase.

Certain pharmaceutical compositions of the invention are non-ATP competitive kinase inhibitors.

For example, the compounds of the invention are useful to treat or prevent a microbial infection, such as a bacterial, fungal, parasitic or viral infection.

Certain pharmaceutical compositions of the invention include substantially pure compound 1.2 HCl.

A compound of the invention may be used as a pharmaceutical agent. For example, a compound of the invention is used as an anti-proliferative agent, for treating humans and/or animals, such as for treating humans and/or other mammals. The compounds may be used without limitation, for example, as anti-cancer, anti-angiogenesis, anti-microbial, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-parasitic and/or anti-viral agents. Additionally, the compounds may be used for other cell proliferation-related disorders such as diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration and psoriases. Anti-cancer agents include anti-metastatic agents.

The compound of the invention used as a pharmaceutical agent may be, for example, substantially pure compound 1 or salt thereof.

In one aspect of the invention, a composition of the invention, for example, a composition comprising substantially pure compound 1 or salt thereof, is used to treat or prevent a cell proliferation disorder in a subject. In one aspect of the embodiment, the cell proliferation disorder is pre-cancer or cancer. In another aspect of the embodiment, the cell proliferation disorder is a hyperproliferative disorder. In another embodiment, prevention or treatment of the cell proliferation disorder, cancer or hyperproliferative disorder occurs through the inhibition of a kinase. In another embodiment, prevention or treatment of the cell proliferation disorder, cancer or hyperproliferative disorder occurs through the inhibition of a tyrosine kinase. In another embodiment, prevention or treatment of the cell proliferation disorder, cancer or hyperproliferative disorder occurs through the inhibition of Src kinase or focal adhesion kinase (FAK). In another embodiment, the subject is a mammal. In one embodiment, the subject is human.

The invention is also drawn to a method of treating or preventing cancer or a proliferation disorder in a subject, comprising administering a composition comprising an effective amount of a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof, for example, substantially pure compound 1 or salt thereof. For example, the compound of the invention may be a kinase inhibitor. The compound of the invention may be a non-ATP competitive kinase inhibitor. The compound of the invention may inhibit a kinase directly, or it may affect the kinase pathway.

Another aspect of the invention includes a method of protecting against or treating hearing loss in a subject comprising administering a composition comprising an effective amount of a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof, for example, substantially pure compound 1 or salt thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a kinase signaling cascade. In one embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound does not inhibit ATP binding to the protein kinase. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. In one embodiment, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase.

In one embodiment, the administration of the compound is carried out orally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, topically e.g., by administering drops into the ear, intraarterially, intralesionally, by metering pump, or by application to mucous membranes. In another embodiment, the compound is administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

In one embodiment, the compound is administered before initiation of hearing loss. In another embodiment, the compound is administered after initiation of hearing loss.

In one embodiment, the compound is administered in combination with a drug that causes hearing loss e.g., cis platinum or an aminoglycoside antibiotic. In another embodiment, the compound is administered in combination with a drug that targets hairy cells.

Another aspect of the invention includes a method of protecting against or treating osteoporosis in a subject comprising administering a composition comprising an effective amount of a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof, for example, substantially pure compound 1 or salt thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a kinase signaling cascade. In another embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. For example, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase.

In one embodiment, the administration of the compound is carried out orally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, topically, intraarterially, intralesionally, by metering pump, or by application to mucous membranes. In one embodiment, the compound is administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In one embodiment, the compound is administered before initiation of osteoporosis. In another embodiment, the compound is administered after initiation of osteoporosis.

Another aspect of the invention includes a method of protecting against or treating ophthalmic diseases e.g., macular degeneration, retinopathy, macular edema, etc. in a subject comprising administering a composition comprising an effective amount of a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof, for example, substantially pure compound 1 or salt thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a kinase signaling cascade. In another embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. For example, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase. In another embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components in the VEGF pathway.

In one embodiment, the administration of the compound is carried out orally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, topically (e.g., by administering drops to the eye), intraarterially, intralesionally, by metering pump, or by application to mucous membranes. In one embodiment, the compound is administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In one embodiment, the compound is administered before initiation of the ophthalmic disease. In another embodiment, the compound is administered after initiation of ophthalmic disease.

Another aspect of the invention includes a method of protecting against or treating diabetes in a subject comprising administering a composition comprising an effective amount of a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof, for example, substantially pure compound 1 or salt thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a kinase signaling cascade. In another embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. For example, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase.

In one embodiment, the administration of the compound is carried out orally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, topically, intraarterially, intralesionally, by metering pump, or by application to mucous membranes. In one embodiment, the compound is administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In one embodiment, the compound is administered before initiation of the diabetes. In another embodiment, the compound is administered after initiation of disease.

Another aspect of the invention includes a method of protecting against or treating obesity in a subject comprising administering a composition comprising an effective amount of a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof, for example, substantially pure compound 1 or salt thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a kinase signaling cascade. In another embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. For example, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase.

In one embodiment, the administration of the compound is carried out orally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, topically, intraarterially, intralesionally, by metering pump, or by application to mucous membranes. In one embodiment, the compound is administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In one embodiment, the compound is administered before the subject is obese. In another embodiment, the compound is administered after the subject is obese.

Another aspect of the invention includes a method of protecting against or treating stroke in a subject comprising administering a composition comprising an effective amount of a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof, for example, substantially pure compound 1 or salt thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a kinase signaling cascade. In another embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. For example, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase.

In one embodiment, the administration of the compound is carried out orally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, topically, intraarterially, intralesionally, by metering pump, or by application to mucous membranes. In one embodiment, the compound is administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In one embodiment, the compound is administered before a stroke has occurred. In another embodiment, the compound is administered after a stroke has occurred.

Another aspect of the invention includes a method of protecting against or treating atherosclerosis in a subject comprising administering a composition comprising an effective amount of a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof, for example, substantially pure compound 1 or salt thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a kinase signaling cascade. In another embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. For example, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase.

In one embodiment, the administration of the compound is carried out orally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, topically, intraarterially, intralesionally, by metering pump, or by application to mucous membranes. In one embodiment, the compound is administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Another aspect of the invention includes a method of regulating immune system activity in a subject comprising administering a composition comprising an effective amount of a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof, for example, substantially pure compound 1 or salt thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a kinase signaling cascade. In another embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. For example, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase.

In one embodiment, the administration of the compound is carried out orally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, topically, intraarterially, intralesionally, by metering pump, or by application to mucous membranes. In one embodiment, the compound is administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Another aspect of the invention includes a method of protecting against or treating hepatitis B in a subject comprising administering a composition comprising an effective amount of a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof, for example, substantially pure compound 1 or salt thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a kinase signaling cascade. In another embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. For example, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase.

In one embodiment, the administration of the compound is carried out orally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, topically, intraarterially, intralesionally, by metering pump, or by application to mucous membranes. In one embodiment, the compound is administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In one embodiment, the compound is administered before the subject has contracted hepatitis B. In another embodiment, the compound is administered after the subject has contracted hepatitis B.

Another aspect of the invention is a method of preventing or treating a cell proliferation disorder comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a composition comprising an effective amount of a substantially pure compound 1, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof, for example, substantially pure compound 1 or salt thereof. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits one or more components of a protein kinase signaling cascade. In another embodiment, the compound is an allosteric inhibitor. In another embodiment, the compound is a peptide substrate inhibitor. In another embodiment, the compound does not inhibit ATP binding to a protein kinase. In one embodiment, the compound inhibits a Src family protein kinase. In another embodiment, the Src family protein kinase is pp60^(c-src) tyrosine kinase.

The present invention provides compositions and formulations which contain limited impurities. The compounds and formulations of the present invention have a purity greater than about 98.0% as determined by known methods in the art, for example, HPLC. In an embodiment, the compounds and formulations of the present invention have a purity ranging from about 99.0% to about 100% (or any value within said range). For example, such compounds, compositions, or formulations can have a purity of 98.1%, 98.2%, 98.3%, 98.4%, 98.5%, 98.6%, 98.7%, 98.8%, 98.9%, 99.0%, 99.1%, 99.2%, 99.3, 99.4%, 99.5%, 99.6%, 99.7%, 99.8%, or 99.9%.

In order to elicit the maximum pharmacodynamic and therapeutic effect of the compositions and formulations of the present invention, it is beneficial to limit the levels of impurities such as ethyl chloride and palladium. These impurities can result in undesirable toxicity.

In preferred embodiments, the compositions and formulations of the invention contain less than 2% impurities.

Synthesis of Compound 1

Compound 1 may be prepared according to the following scheme:

Briefly, in Step 1, compound 10 is converted to compound 11 in the presence of a base and acetonitrile. In Step 2, compound 11 is converted to compound 12 in the presence of an organosilicon compound and a polar protic solvent. In Step 3, compound 12 is reacted with reagent A in the presence of an ether compound to produce compound 1.

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process of preparing compound 1:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, comprising converting compound 12 to compound 1:

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process of preparing compound 1:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, comprising the steps of Step 2 converting compound 11 to compound 12:

and Step 3 converting compound 12 to compound 1:

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process of preparing compound 1:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, comprising the steps of Step 1 converting compound 10 to compound 11:

Step 2 converting compound 11 to compound 12:

and Step 3 converting compound 12 to compound 1:

Step 1

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process of preparing compound 1, wherein in Step 1, compound 10 is reacted with a base and acetonitrile in a polar aprotic solvent to form compound 11. In one embodiment, the polar aprotic solvent is selected from tetrahydrofuran, ethyl acetate, acetone, and dimethylsulfoxide. In another embodiment, the polar aprotic solvent is tetrahydrofuran. In one embodiment, wherein the base is potassium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide. In one embodiment, the reaction in Step 1 is carried out at a temperature less than about 10° C. In another embodiment, the reaction is carried out at a temperature less than about 5° C.

In one embodiment, Step 1 may be prepared on a large scale (e.g., about 1.7 kg of compound 11). In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process of preparing compound 1, wherein in Step 1, anhydrous THF is cooled to about −5° C. KHMDS (about 5 equiv) is added portionwise maintaining the batch temperature about ≤10° C. over one hour. The mixture is stirred for about an hour at about −5° C. Compound 10 (about 1 equiv), anhydrous THF (about 7 vol), and anhydrous acetonitrile (about 4 equiv) are mixed. The resulting mixture is cooled to about −5° C. The KHMDS/THF mixture is added to the mixture containing compound 10. The resulting mixture is stirred at about −5° C. for about one hour and half hour. The reaction mixture is worked up by adding 6 N HCl solution to adjust the pH to 0.44. The organic phase is extracted with 2 N HCl. The combined aqueous phases are washed with i-PrOAc and DCM is added. The pH of the mixture is adjusted to 8.53 using 2 N NaOH solution. The phases are separated. The aqueous phase is further extracted with DCM. The combined organic phase is washed with purified water, and then concentrated under reduced pressure. Solids are collected by filtration and dried in a vacuum oven at about 40° C. to a constant weight.

Step 2

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process of preparing compound 1, wherein in Step 2, compound 11 is reacted with trimethylsilyl chloride in a polar protic solvent to form compound 12. In one embodiment, the polar protic solvent is selected from methanol, ethanol, and isopropanol. In another embodiment, the solvent is methanol. In one embodiment, the reaction in Step 2 is carried out at a temperature from about 40° C. to about 60° C. In another embodiment, the temperature is from about 45° C. to about 55° C. In another embodiment, the temperature is about 50° C.

In one embodiment, Step 2 may be prepared on a large scale (e.g., about 1.8 kg of compound 12). In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process of preparing compound 1, wherein in Step 2, compound 11 (about 1 equiv) and anhydrous MeOH (about 8 vol) are charged into a reactor. TMSCl (about 12 equiv) is added. After the addition, the reaction temperature is adjusted to about 50° C. and the mixture stirred for about 22 hours. For the workup, the reaction is adjusted to about ≤10° C. DCM is charged to the mixture. NaOH solution (e.g., 1 N) is used to adjust the pH of the mixture to 8.6. Celite is charged to mixture and the mixture is filtered through a Celite pad (about 1 wt equiv). The phases of the filtrate are separated. The combined organic layer is washed with e.g., 4% (w/w) NaHCO₃ aqueous solution (about 5 vol). The organic layer is concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain thick brown slurry. i-PrOAc is added and the mixture is concentrated. Then n-Heptane is added to the mixture. The resulting solids are collected by filtration and dried in a vacuum oven to a constant weight.

Step 3

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process of preparing compound 1, wherein in Step 3, compound 12 is reacted with reagent A in an ether solvent to form compound 1. In one embodiment, the ether solvent is selected from anisole and diethyl ether. In one embodiment, the solvent is anisole. In one embodiment, the reaction in Step 3 is carried at a temperature from about 120° C. to about 160° C. In one embodiment, the temperature is about 130° C. to about 150° C. In one embodiment, the temperature is about 135° C. to about 145° C. In one embodiment, the temperature is about 140° C.

In one embodiment, Step 5 may be prepared on a large scale (e.g., about 2.1 kg of compound 1). In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process of preparing compound 1, wherein in Step 3, compound 12 (about 1 equiv) and anisole (about 5 vol) are charged into a reactor. 3-Fluorobenzylamine (about 3.0 equiv) is added. The resulting mixture is heated to about 140° C. and stirred at that temperature over about 60 hours. For the workup, the reaction temperature is adjusted to about 100° C. over. Toluene (about 6 vol) is charged. The reaction temperature is adjusted to about 60° C. n-Heptane (about 2 vol) is added. The reaction temperature is adjusted to about 20° C. The resulting solids are collected by filtration and dried in a vacuum oven at about 40° C. a constant weight.

Preparation of Compound 1·BSA

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process of preparing a benzenesulfonate salt of compound 1 comprising reacting compound 1 with benzenesulfonic acid in the presence of a polar aprotic solvent and an ether solvent. In another embodiment, the polar aprotic solvent is selected from acetonitrile, ethyl acetate, and tetrahydrofuran. In one embodiment, the polar aprotic solvent is acetonitrile. In one embodiment, the ether solvent is selected from anisole and diethyl ether. In one embodiment, the ether solvent is anisole.

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process of preparing compound 1 and its dihydrochloride salt according to the scheme below. In another embodiment, the process is used to prepare compound 1 on a small scale.

Briefly, compounds 1a and 1 are coupled to give compound 10. Compound 10 is converted to compound 11 in the presence of a base and acetonitrile. Compound 11 is converted to compound 12 in the presence of an acid then a base in a polar protic solvent. Compound 12 is reacted with 3-fluorobenzylamine in the presence of an ether compound to produce compound 1. Reacting compound 1 with hydrochloric acid affords compound 1·2HCl.

Definitions

For convenience, certain terms used in the specification, examples and appended claims are collected here.

Protein kinases are a large class of enzymes which catalyze the transfer of the γ-phosphate from ATP to the hydroxyl group on the side chain of Ser/Thr or Tyr in proteins and peptides and are intimately involved in the control of various important cell functions, perhaps most notably: signal transduction, differentiation, and proliferation. There are estimated to be about 2,000 distinct protein kinases in the human body, and although each of these phosphorylates particular protein/peptide substrates, they all bind the same second substrate ATP in a highly conserved pocket. About 50% of the known oncogene products are protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs), and their kinase activity has been shown to lead to cell transformation.

The PTKs can be classified into two categories, the membrane receptor PTKs (e.g. growth factor receptor PTKs) and the non-receptor PTKs (e.g. the Src family of proto-oncogene products and focal adhesion kinase (FAK)). The hyperactivation of Src has been reported in a number of human cancers, including those of the colon, breast, lung, bladder, and skin, as well as in gastric cancer, hairy cell leukemia, and neuroblastoma.

“Inhibits one or more components of a protein kinase signaling cascade” means that one or more components of the kinase signaling cascade are effected such that the functioning of the cell changes. Components of a protein kinase signaling cascade include any proteins involved directly or indirectly in the kinase signaling pathway including second messengers and upstream and downstream targets. Components of the kinase signaling cascade are responsible for the manifestation of a disease or disorder selected from hyperproliferative disorders, cancers, pre-cancers, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disorders, immune system dysfunction, type II diabetes, obesity, hearing loss, and transplant rejection.

“Treating”, includes any effect, e.g., lessening, reducing, modulating, or eliminating, that results in the improvement of the condition, disease, disorder, etc. “Treating” or “treatment” of a disease state includes: inhibiting the disease state, i.e., arresting the development of the disease state or its clinical symptoms; or relieving the disease state, i.e., causing temporary or permanent regression of the disease state or its clinical symptoms.

“Preventing” the disease state includes causing the clinical symptoms of the disease state not to develop in a subject that may be exposed to or predisposed to the disease state, but does not yet experience or display symptoms of the disease state.

“Disease state” means any disease, disorder, condition, symptom, or indication.

As used herein, the term “cell proliferative disorder” refers to conditions in which the unregulated and/or abnormal growth of cells can lead to the development of an unwanted condition or disease, which can be cancerous or non-cancerous, for example a psoriatic condition. As used herein, the terms “psoriatic condition” or “psoriasis” refers to disorders involving keratinocyte hyperproliferation, inflammatory cell infiltration, and cytokine alteration.

In one embodiment, the cell proliferation disorder is cancer. As used herein, the term “cancer” includes solid tumors, such as lung, breast, colon, ovarian, brain, liver, pancreas, prostate, malignant melanoma, non-melanoma skin cancers, as well as hematologic tumors and/or malignancies, such as childhood leukemia and lymphomas, multiple myeloma, Hodgkin's disease, lymphomas of lymphocytic and cutaneous origin, acute and chronic leukemia such as acute lymphoblastic, acute myelocytic or chronic myelocytic leukemia, plasma cell neoplasm, lymphoid neoplasm and cancers associated with AIDS.

In addition to psoriatic conditions, the types of proliferative diseases which may be treated using the compositions of the present invention are epidermic and dermoid cysts, lipomas, adenomas, capillary and cutaneous hemangiomas, lymphangiomas, nevi lesions, teratomas, nephromas, myofibromatosis, osteoplastic tumors, and other dysplastic masses and the like. The proliferative diseases can include dysplasias and disorders of the like.

An “effective amount” of a compound of the disclosed invention is the quantity which, when administered to a subject having a disease or disorder, results in regression of the disease or disorder in the subject. Thus, an effective amount of a compound of the disclosed invention is the quantity which, when administered to a subject having a cell proliferation disorder, results in regression of cell growth in the subject. The amount of the disclosed compound to be administered to a subject will depend on the particular disorder, the mode of administration, co-administered compounds, if any, and the characteristics of the subject, such as general health, other diseases, age, sex, genotype, body weight and tolerance to drugs. The skilled artisan will be able to determine appropriate dosages depending on these and other factors.

As used herein, the term “effective amount” refers to an amount of a compound, or a combination of compounds, of the present invention effective when administered alone or in combination as an anti-proliferative agent. For example, an effective amount refers to an amount of the compound present in a formulation or on a medical device given to a recipient patient or subject sufficient to elicit biological activity, for example, anti-proliferative activity, such as e.g., anti-cancer activity or anti-neoplastic activity. The combination of compounds optionally is a synergistic combination. Synergy, as described, for example, by Chou and Talalay, Adv. Enzyme Regul. vol. 22, pp. 27-55 (1984), occurs when the effect of the compounds when administered in combination is greater than the additive effect of the compounds when administered alone as a single agent. In general, a synergistic effect is most clearly demonstrated at sub-optimal concentrations of the compounds. Synergy can be in terms of lower cytotoxicity, or increased anti-proliferative effect, or some other beneficial effect of the combination compared with the individual components.

“A therapeutically effective amount” means the amount of a compound that, when administered to a mammal for treating a disease, is sufficient to effect such treatment for the disease. The “therapeutically effective amount” will vary depending on the compound, the disease and its severity and the age, weight, etc., of the mammal to be treated.

A therapeutically effective amount of one or more of the compounds can be formulated with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier for administration to a human or an animal. Accordingly, the compounds or the formulations can be administered, for example, via oral, parenteral, or topical routes, to provide an effective amount of the compound. In alternative embodiments, the compounds prepared in accordance with the present invention can be used to coat or impregnate a medical device, e.g., a stent.

The term “prophylactically effective amount” means an effective amount of a compound or compounds, of the present invention that is administered to prevent or reduce the risk of unwanted cellular proliferation.

“Pharmacological effect” as used herein encompasses effects produced in the subject that achieve the intended purpose of a therapy. In one embodiment, a pharmacological effect means that primary indications of the subject being treated are prevented, alleviated, or reduced. For example, a pharmacological effect would be one that results in the prevention, alleviation or reduction of primary indications in a treated subject. In another embodiment, a pharmacological effect means that disorders or symptoms of the primary indications of the subject being treated are prevented, alleviated, or reduced. For example, a pharmacological effect would be one that results in the prevention or reduction of primary indications in a treated subject.

Compounds of the present invention that contain nitrogens can be converted to N-oxides by treatment with an oxidizing agent (e.g., 3-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (m-CPBA) and/or hydrogen peroxides) to afford other compounds of the present invention. Thus, all shown and claimed nitrogen-containing compounds are considered, when allowed by valency and structure, to include both the compound as shown and its N-oxide derivative (which can be designated as N→O or N⁺—O⁻). Furthermore, in other instances, the nitrogens in the compounds of the present invention can be converted to N-hydroxy or N-alkoxy compounds. For example, N-hydroxy compounds can be prepared by oxidation of the parent amine by an oxidizing agent such as m-CPBA. All shown and claimed nitrogen-containing compounds are also considered, when allowed by valency and structure, to cover both the compound as shown and its N-hydroxy (i.e., N—OH) and N-alkoxy (i.e., N—OR, wherein R is substituted or unsubstituted C₁₋₆ alkyl, C₁₋₆ alkenyl, C₁₋₆ alkynyl, C₃₋₁₄ carbocycle, or 3-14-membered heterocycle) derivatives.

“Counterion” is used to represent a small, negatively charged species such as chloride, bromide, hydroxide, acetate, and sulfate.

An “anionic group,” as used herein, refers to a group that is negatively charged at physiological pH. Anionic groups include carboxylate, sulfate, sulfonate, sulfinate, sulfamate, tetrazolyl, phosphate, phosphonate, phosphinate, or phosphorothioate or functional equivalents thereof “Functional equivalents” of anionic groups are intended to include bioisosteres, e.g., bioisosteres of a carboxylate group. Bioisosteres encompass both classical bioisosteric equivalents and non-classical bioisosteric equivalents. Classical and non-classical bioisosteres are known in the art (see, e.g., Silverman, R. B. The Organic Chemistry of Drug Design and Drug Action, Academic Press, Inc.: San Diego, Calif., 1992, pp. 19-23). In one embodiment, an anionic group is a carboxylate.

The present invention is intended to include all isotopes of atoms occurring in the present compounds. Isotopes include those atoms having the same atomic number but different mass numbers. By way of general example and without limitation, isotopes of hydrogen include tritium and deuterium, and isotopes of carbon include C-13 and C-14.

The compounds described herein may have asymmetric centers. Compounds of the present invention containing an asymmetrically substituted atom may be isolated in optically active or racemic forms. It is well known in the art how to prepare optically active forms, such as by resolution of racemic forms or by synthesis from optically active starting materials. Many geometric isomers of olefins, C═N double bonds, and the like can also be present in the compounds described herein, and all such stable isomers are contemplated in the present invention. Cis and trans geometric isomers of the compounds of the present invention are described and may be isolated as a mixture of isomers or as separated isomeric forms. All chiral, diastereomeric, racemic, and geometric isomeric forms of a structure are intended, unless the specific stereochemistry or isomeric form is specifically indicated. All tautomers of shown or described compounds are also considered to be part of the present invention.

In the present specification, the structural formula of the compound represents a certain isomer for convenience in some cases, but the present invention includes all isomers such as geometrical isomer, optical isomer based on an asymmetrical carbon, stereoisomer, tautomer and the like which occur structurally and an isomer mixture and is not limited to the description of the formula for convenience, and may be any one of isomer or a mixture. Therefore, an asymmetrical carbon atom may be present in the molecule and an optically active compound and a racemic compound may be present in the present compound, but the present invention is not limited to them and includes any one. In addition, a crystal polymorphism may be present but is not limiting, but any crystal form may be single or a crystal form mixture, or an anhydride or hydrate. Further, so-called metabolite which is produced by degradation of the present compound in vivo is included in the scope of the present invention.

“Isomerism” means compounds that have identical molecular formulae but that differ in the nature or the sequence of bonding of their atoms or in the arrangement of their atoms in space. Isomers that differ in the arrangement of their atoms in space are termed “stereoisomers”. Stereoisomers that are not mirror images of one another are termed “diastereoisomers”, and stereoisomers that are non-superimposable mirror images are termed “enantiomers”, or sometimes optical isomers. A carbon atom bonded to four nonidentical substituents is termed a “chiral center”.

“Chiral isomer” means a compound with at least one chiral center. It has two enantiomeric forms of opposite chirality and may exist either as an individual enantiomer or as a mixture of enantiomers. A mixture containing equal amounts of individual enantiomeric forms of opposite chirality is termed a “racemic mixture”. A compound that has more than one chiral center has 2^(n-1) enantiomeric pairs, where n is the number of chiral centers. Compounds with more than one chiral center may exist as either an individual diastereomer or as a mixture of diastereomers, termed a “diastereomeric mixture”. When one chiral center is present, a stereoisomer may be characterized by the absolute configuration (R or S) of that chiral center. Absolute configuration refers to the arrangement in space of the substituents attached to the chiral center. The substituents attached to the chiral center under consideration are ranked in accordance with the Sequence Rule of Cahn, Ingold and Prelog. (Cahn et al, Angew. Chem. Inter. Edit. 1966, 5, 385; errata 511; Cahn et al., Angew. Chem. 1966, 78, 413; Cahn and Ingold, J. Chem. Soc. 1951 (London), 612; Cahn et al., Experientia 1956, 12, 81; Cahn, J., Chem. Educ. 1964, 41, 116).

“Geometric Isomers” means the diastereomers that owe their existence to hindered rotation about double bonds. These configurations are differentiated in their names by the prefixes cis and trans, or Z and E, which indicate that the groups are on the same or opposite side of the double bond in the molecule according to the Cahn-Ingold-Prelog rules.

Further, the structures and other compounds discussed in this application include all atropic isomers thereof “Atropic isomers” are a type of stereoisomer in which the atoms of two isomers are arranged differently in space. Atropic isomers owe their existence to a restricted rotation caused by hindrance of rotation of large groups about a central bond. Such atropic isomers typically exist as a mixture, however as a result of recent advances in chromatography techniques, it has been possible to separate mixtures of two atropic isomers in select cases.

The terms “crystal polymorphs” or “polymorphs” or “crystal forms” means crystal structures in which a compound (or salt or solvate thereof) can crystallize in different crystal packing arrangements, all of which have the same elemental composition. Different crystal forms usually have different X-ray diffraction patterns, infrared spectral, melting points, density hardness, crystal shape, optical and electrical properties, stability and solubility. Recrystallization solvent, rate of crystallization, storage temperature, and other factors may cause one crystal form to dominate. Crystal polymorphs of the compounds can be prepared by crystallization under different conditions.

Additionally, the compounds of the present invention, for example, the salts of the compounds, can exist in either hydrated or unhydrated (the anhydrous) form or as solvates with other solvent molecules. Nonlimiting examples of hydrates include monohydrates, dihydrates, etc. Nonlimiting examples of solvates include ethanol solvates, acetone solvates, etc.

“Solvates” means solvent addition forms that contain either stoichiometric or non stoichiometric amounts of solvent. Some compounds have a tendency to trap a fixed molar ratio of solvent molecules in the crystalline solid state, thus forming a solvate. If the solvent is water the solvate formed is a hydrate, when the solvent is alcohol, the solvate formed is an alcoholate. Hydrates are formed by the combination of one or more molecules of water with one of the substances in which the water retains its molecular state as H₂O, such combination being able to form one or more hydrate.

“Tautomers” refers to compounds whose structures differ markedly in arrangement of atoms, but which exist in easy and rapid equilibrium. It is to be understood that the compounds of the invention may be depicted as different tautomers. It should also be understood that when compounds have tautomeric forms, all tautomeric forms are intended to be within the scope of the invention, and the naming of the compounds does not exclude any tautomer form.

Some compounds of the present invention can exist in a tautomeric form. Tautomers are also intended to be encompassed within the scope of the present invention.

The compounds, salts and prodrugs of the present invention can exist in several tautomeric forms, including the enol and imine form, and the keto and enamine form and geometric isomers and mixtures thereof. All such tautomeric forms are included within the scope of the present invention. Tautomers exist as mixtures of a tautomeric set in solution. In solid form, usually one tautomer predominates. Even though one tautomer may be described, the present invention includes all tautomers of the present compounds

A tautomer is one of two or more structural isomers that exist in equilibrium and are readily converted from one isomeric form to another. This reaction results in the formal migration of a hydrogen atom accompanied by a switch of adjacent conjugated double bonds. In solutions where tautomerization is possible, a chemical equilibrium of the tautomers will be reached. The exact ratio of the tautomers depends on several factors, including temperature, solvent, and pH. The concept of tautomers that are interconvertible by tautomerizations is called tautomerism.

Of the various types of tautomerism that are possible, two are commonly observed. In keto-enol tautomerism a simultaneous shift of electrons and a hydrogen atom occurs. Ring-chain tautomerism, is exhibited by glucose. It arises as a result of the aldehyde group (—CHO) in a sugar chain molecule reacting with one of the hydroxy groups (—OH) in the same molecule to give it a cyclic (ring-shaped) form.

Tautomerizations are catalyzed by: Base: 1. deprotonation; 2. formation of a delocalized anion (e.g. an enolate); 3. protonation at a different position of the anion; Acid: 1. protonation; 2. formation of a delocalized cation; 3. deprotonation at a different position adjacent to the cation.

Common tautomeric pairs are: ketone-enol, amide-nitrile, lactam-lactim, amide-imidic acid tautomerism in heterocyclic rings (e.g. in the nucleobases guanine, thymine, and cytosine), amine-enamine and enamine-enamine.

It is to be understood accordingly that the isomers arising from asymmetric carbon atoms (e.g., all enantiomers and diastereomers) are included within the scope of the invention, unless indicated otherwise. Such isomers can be obtained in substantially pure form by classical separation techniques and by stereochemically controlled synthesis. Furthermore, the structures and other compounds and moieties discussed in this application also include all tautomers thereof. Alkenes can include either the E- or Z-geometry, where appropriate. The compounds of this invention may exist in stereoisomeric form, therefore can be produced as individual stereoisomers or as mixtures.

A “pharmaceutical composition” is a formulation containing the disclosed compounds in a form suitable for administration to a subject. In one embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition is in bulk or in unit dosage form. It is can be advantageous to formulate compositions in dosage unit form for ease of administration and uniformity of dosage. Dosage unit form as used herein refers to physically discrete units suited as unitary dosages for the subject to be treated; each unit containing a predetermined quantity of active reagent calculated to produce the desired therapeutic effect in association with the required pharmaceutical carrier. The specification for the dosage unit forms of the invention are dictated by and directly dependent on the unique characteristics of the active reagent and the particular therapeutic effect to be achieved, and the limitations inherent in the art of compounding such an active agent for the treatment of individuals.

The unit dosage form is any of a variety of forms, including, for example, a capsule, an IV bag, a tablet, a single pump on an aerosol inhaler, or a vial. The quantity of active ingredient (e.g., a formulation of the disclosed compound or salt, hydrate, solvate, or isomer thereof) in a unit dose of composition is an effective amount and is varied according to the particular treatment involved. One skilled in the art will appreciate that it is sometimes necessary to make routine variations to the dosage depending on the age and condition of the patient. The dosage will also depend on the route of administration. A variety of routes are contemplated, including oral, pulmonary, rectal, parenteral, transdermal, subcutaneous, intravenous, intramuscular, intraperitoneal, inhalational, buccal, sublingual, intrapleural, intrathecal, intranasal, and the like. Dosage forms for the topical or transdermal administration of a compound of this invention include powders, sprays, ointments, pastes, creams, lotions, gels, solutions, patches and inhalants. In one embodiment, the active compound is mixed under sterile conditions with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and with any preservatives, buffers, or propellants that are required.

The term “flash dose” refers to compound formulations that are rapidly dispersing dosage forms.

The term “immediate release” is defined as a release of compound from a dosage form in a relatively brief period of time, generally up to about 60 minutes. The term “modified release” is defined to include delayed release, extended release, and pulsed release. The term “pulsed release” is defined as a series of releases of drug from a dosage form. The term “sustained release” or “extended release” is defined as continuous release of a compound from a dosage form over a prolonged period.

A “subject” includes mammals, e.g., humans, companion animals (e.g., dogs, cats, birds, and the like), farm animals (e.g., cows, sheep, pigs, horses, fowl, and the like) and laboratory animals (e.g., rats, mice, guinea pigs, birds, and the like). In one embodiment, the subject is human.

As used herein, the phrase “pharmaceutically acceptable” refers to those compounds, materials, compositions, carriers, and/or dosage forms which are, within the scope of sound medical judgment, suitable for use in contact with the tissues of human beings and animals without excessive toxicity, irritation, allergic response, or other problem or complication, commensurate with a reasonable benefit/risk ratio.

“Pharmaceutically acceptable excipient” means an excipient that is useful in preparing a pharmaceutical composition that is generally safe, non-toxic and neither biologically nor otherwise undesirable, and includes excipient that is acceptable for veterinary use as well as human pharmaceutical use. A “pharmaceutically acceptable excipient” as used in the specification and claims includes both one and more than one such excipient.

The compounds of the invention are capable of further forming salts. All of these forms are also contemplated within the scope of the claimed invention.

“Pharmaceutically acceptable salt” of a compound means a salt that is pharmaceutically acceptable and that possesses the desired pharmacological activity of the parent compound.

As used herein, “pharmaceutically acceptable salts” refer to derivatives of the disclosed compounds wherein the parent compound is modified by making acid or base salts thereof. Examples of pharmaceutically acceptable salts include, but are not limited to, mineral or organic acid salts of basic residues such as amines, alkali or organic salts of acidic residues such as carboxylic acids, and the like. The pharmaceutically acceptable salts include the conventional non-toxic salts or the quaternary ammonium salts of the parent compound formed, for example, from non-toxic inorganic or organic acids. For example, such conventional non-toxic salts include, but are not limited to, those derived from inorganic and organic acids selected from 2-acetoxybenzoic, 2-hydroxyethane sulfonic, acetic, ascorbic, benzene sulfonic, benzoic, bicarbonic, carbonic, citric, edetic, ethane disulfonic, 1,2-ethane sulfonic, fumaric, glucoheptonic, gluconic, glutamic, glycolic, glycollyarsanilic, hexylresorcinic, hydrabamic, hydrobromic, hydrochloric, hydroiodic, hydroxymaleic, hydroxynaphthoic, isethionic, lactic, lactobionic, lauryl sulfonic, maleic, malic, mandelic, methane sulfonic, napsylic, nitric, oxalic, pamoic, pantothenic, phenylacetic, phosphoric, polygalacturonic, propionic, salicyclic, stearic, subacetic, succinic, sulfamic, sulfanilic, sulfuric, tannic, tartaric, toluene sulfonic, and the commonly occurring amine acids, e.g., glycine, alanine, phenylalanine, arginine, etc.

Other examples include hexanoic acid, cyclopentane propionic acid, pyruvic acid, malonic acid, 3-(4-hydroxybenzoyl)benzoic acid, cinnamic acid, 4-chlorobenzenesulfonic acid, 2-naphthalenesulfonic acid, 4-toluenesulfonic acid, camphorsulfonic acid, 4-methylbicyclo-[2.2.2]-oct-2-ene-1-carboxylic acid, 3-phenylpropionic acid, trimethylacetic acid, tertiary butylacetic acid, muconic acid, and the like. The invention also encompasses salts formed when an acidic proton present in the parent compound either is replaced by a metal ion, e.g., an alkali metal ion, an alkaline earth ion, or an aluminum ion; or coordinates with an organic base such as ethanolamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine, tromethamine, N-methylglucamine, and the like.

It should be understood that all references to pharmaceutically acceptable salts include solvent addition forms (solvates) or crystal forms (polymorphs) as defined herein, of the same salt.

The pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the present invention can be synthesized from a parent compound that contains a basic or acidic moiety by conventional chemical methods. Generally, such salts can be prepared by reacting the free acid or base forms of these compounds with a stoichiometric amount of the appropriate base or acid in water or in an organic solvent, or in a mixture of the two; non-aqueous media like ether, ethyl acetate, ethanol, isopropanol, or acetonitrile can be used. Lists of suitable salts are found in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, 18th ed. (Mack Publishing Company, 1990). For example, salts can include, but are not limited to, the hydrochloride and acetate salts of the aliphatic amine-containing, hydroxyl amine-containing, and imine-containing compounds of the present invention.

The compounds of the present invention can be prepared as prodrugs, for example pharmaceutically acceptable prodrugs. The terms “pro-drug” and “prodrug” are used interchangeably herein and refer to any compound which releases an active parent drug in vivo. Since prodrugs are known to enhance numerous desirable qualities of pharmaceuticals (e.g., solubility, bioavailability, manufacturing, etc.) the compounds of the present invention can be delivered in prodrug form. Thus, the present invention is intended to cover prodrugs of the presently claimed compounds, methods of delivering the same and compositions containing the same. “Prodrugs” are intended to include any covalently bonded carriers that release an active parent drug of the present invention in vivo when such prodrug is administered to a subject. Prodrugs the present invention are prepared by modifying functional groups present in the compound in such a way that the modifications are cleaved, either in routine manipulation or in vivo, to the parent compound. Prodrugs include compounds of the present invention wherein a hydroxy, amino, sulfhydryl, carboxy, or carbonyl group is bonded to any group that, may be cleaved in vivo to form a free hydroxyl, free amino, free sulfhydryl, free carboxy or free carbonyl group, respectively.

Examples of prodrugs include, but are not limited to, esters (e.g., acetate, dialkylaminoacetates, formates, phosphates, sulfates, and benzoate derivatives) and carbamates (e.g., N,N-dimethylaminocarbonyl) of hydroxy functional groups, esters groups (e.g. ethyl esters, morpholinoethanol esters) of carboxyl functional groups, N-acyl derivatives (e.g. N-acetyl) N-Mannich bases, Schiff bases and enaminones of amino functional groups, oximes, acetals, ketals and enol esters of ketone and aldehyde functional groups in compounds, and the like, See Bundegaard, H. “Design of Prodrugs” p 1-92, Elesevier, New York-Oxford (1985).

“Protecting group” refers to a grouping of atoms that when attached to a reactive group in a molecule masks, reduces or prevents that reactivity. Examples of protecting groups can be found in Green and Wuts, Protective Groups in Organic Chemistry, (Wiley, 2^(nd) ed. 1991); Harrison and Harrison et al., Compendium of Synthetic Organic Methods, Vols. 1-8 (John Wiley and Sons, 1971-1996); and Kocienski, Protecting Groups, (Verlag, 3^(rd) ed. 2003).

“Stable compound” and “stable structure” are meant to indicate a compound that is sufficiently robust to survive isolation to a useful degree of purity from a reaction mixture, and formulation into an efficacious therapeutic agent.

In the specification, the singular forms also include the plural, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. In the case of conflict, the present specification will control.

All percentages and ratios used herein, unless otherwise indicated, are by weight.

“Combination therapy” (or “co-therapy”) includes the administration of a compound of the invention and at least a second agent as part of a specific treatment regimen intended to provide the beneficial effect from the co-action of these therapeutic agents. The beneficial effect of the combination includes, but is not limited to, pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic co-action resulting from the combination of therapeutic agents. Administration of these therapeutic agents in combination typically is carried out over a defined time period (usually minutes, hours, days or weeks depending upon the combination selected). “Combination therapy” may, but generally is not, intended to encompass the administration of two or more of these therapeutic agents as part of separate monotherapy regimens that incidentally and arbitrarily result in the combinations of the present invention.

“Combination therapy” is intended to embrace administration of these therapeutic agents in a sequential manner, that is, wherein each therapeutic agent is administered at a different time, as well as administration of these therapeutic agents, or at least two of the therapeutic agents, in a substantially simultaneous manner. Substantially simultaneous administration can be accomplished, for example, by administering to the subject a single capsule having a fixed ratio of each therapeutic agent or in multiple, single capsules for each of the therapeutic agents. Sequential or substantially simultaneous administration of each therapeutic agent can be effected by any appropriate route including, but not limited to, oral routes, intravenous routes, intramuscular routes, and direct absorption through mucous membrane tissues. The therapeutic agents can be administered by the same route or by different routes. For example, a first therapeutic agent of the combination selected may be administered by intravenous injection while the other therapeutic agents of the combination may be administered orally. Alternatively, for example, all therapeutic agents may be administered orally or all therapeutic agents may be administered by intravenous injection. The sequence in which the therapeutic agents are administered is not narrowly critical.

“Combination therapy” also embraces the administration of the therapeutic agents as described above in further combination with other biologically active ingredients and non-drug therapies (e.g., surgery or radiation treatment). Where the combination therapy further comprises a non-drug treatment, the non-drug treatment may be conducted at any suitable time so long as a beneficial effect from the co-action of the combination of the therapeutic agents and non-drug treatment is achieved. For example, in appropriate cases, the beneficial effect is still achieved when the non-drug treatment is temporally removed from the administration of the therapeutic agents, perhaps by days or even weeks.

Throughout the description, where compositions are described as having, including, or comprising specific components, it is contemplated that compositions also consist essentially of, or consist of, the recited components. Similarly, where processes are described as having, including, or comprising specific process steps, the processes also consist essentially of, or consist of, the recited processing steps. Further, it should be understood that the order of steps or order for performing certain actions are immaterial so long as the invention remains operable. Moreover, two or more steps or actions may be conducted simultaneously.

The compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, is administered orally, nasally, transdermally, pulmonary, inhalationally, buccally, sublingually, intraperitoneally, subcutaneously, intramuscularly, intravenously, rectally, intrapleurally, intrathecally and parenterally. In one embodiment, the compound is administered orally. One skilled in the art will recognize the advantages of certain routes of administration.

The dosage regimen utilizing the compounds is selected in accordance with a variety of factors including type, species, age, weight, sex and medical condition of the patient; the severity of the condition to be treated; the route of administration; the renal and hepatic function of the patient; and the particular compound or salt thereof employed. An ordinarily skilled physician or veterinarian can readily determine and prescribe the effective amount of the drug required to prevent, counter or arrest the progress of the condition.

Techniques for formulation and administration of the disclosed compounds of the invention can be found in Remington: the Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 19^(th) edition, Mack Publishing Co., Easton, Pa. (1995). In an embodiment, the compounds described herein, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are used in pharmaceutical preparations in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent. Suitable pharmaceutically acceptable carriers include inert solid fillers or diluents and sterile aqueous or organic solutions. The compounds will be present in such pharmaceutical compositions in amounts sufficient to provide the desired dosage amount in the range described herein.

In one embodiment, the compound is prepared for oral administration, wherein the disclosed compounds or salts thereof are combined with a suitable solid or liquid carrier or diluent to form capsules, tablets, pills, powders, syrups, solutions, suspensions and the like.

The tablets, pills, capsules, and the like contain from about 1 to about 99 weight percent of the active ingredient and a binder such as gum tragacanth, acacias, corn starch or gelatin; excipients such as dicalcium phosphate; a disintegrating agent such as corn starch, potato starch or alginic acid; a lubricant such as magnesium stearate; and/or a sweetening agent such as sucrose, lactose, saccharin, xylitol, and the like. When a dosage unit form is a capsule, it often contains, in addition to materials of the above type, a liquid carrier such as a fatty oil.

In some embodiments, various other materials are present as coatings or to modify the physical form of the dosage unit. For instance, in some embodiments, tablets are coated with shellac, sugar or both. In some embodiments, a syrup or elixir contains, in addition to the active ingredient, sucrose as a sweetening agent, methyl and propylparabens as preservatives, a dye and a flavoring such as cherry or orange flavor, and the like.

For some embodiments relating to parental administration, the disclosed compounds, or salts, solvates, tautomers or polymorphs thereof, can be combined with sterile aqueous or organic media to form injectable solutions or suspensions. In one embodiment, injectable compositions are aqueous isotonic solutions or suspensions. The compositions may be sterilized and/or contain adjuvants, such as preserving, stabilizing, wetting or emulsifying agents, solution promoters, salts for regulating the osmotic pressure and/or buffers. In addition, they may also contain other therapeutically valuable substances. The compositions are prepared according to conventional mixing, granulating or coating methods, respectively, and contain about 0.1 to 75%, in another embodiment, the compositions contain about 1 to 50%, of the active ingredient.

For example, injectable solutions are produced using solvents such as sesame or peanut oil or aqueous propylene glycol, as well as aqueous solutions of water-soluble pharmaceutically-acceptable salts of the compounds. In some embodiments, dispersions are prepared in glycerol, liquid polyethylene glycols and mixtures thereof in oils. Under ordinary conditions of storage and use, these preparations contain a preservative to prevent the growth of microorganisms. The terms “parenteral administration” and “administered parenterally” as used herein means modes of administration other than enteral and topical administration, usually by injection, and includes, without limitation, intravenous, intramuscular, intraarterial, intrathecal, intracapsular, intraorbital, intracardiac, intradermal, intraperitoneal, transtracheal, subcutaneous, subcuticular, intraarticular, subcapsular, subarachnoid, intraspinal and intrasternal injection and infusion.

For rectal administration, suitable pharmaceutical compositions are, for example, topical preparations, suppositories or enemas. Suppositories are advantageously prepared from fatty emulsions or suspensions. The compositions may be sterilized and/or contain adjuvants, such as preserving, stabilizing, wetting or emulsifying agents, solution promoters, salts for regulating the osmotic pressure and/or buffers. In addition, they may also contain other therapeutically valuable substances. The compositions are prepared according to conventional mixing, granulating or coating methods, respectively, and contain about 0.1 to 75%, in another embodiment, compositions contain about 1 to 50%, of the active ingredient.

In some embodiments, the compounds are formulated to deliver the active agent by pulmonary administration, e.g., administration of an aerosol formulation containing the active agent from, for example, a manual pump spray, nebulizer or pressurized metered-dose inhaler. In some embodiments, suitable formulations of this type also include other agents, such as antistatic agents, to maintain the disclosed compounds as effective aerosols.

A drug delivery device for delivering aerosols comprises a suitable aerosol canister with a metering valve containing a pharmaceutical aerosol formulation as described and an actuator housing adapted to hold the canister and allow for drug delivery. The canister in the drug delivery device has a headspace representing greater than about 15% of the total volume of the canister. Often, the polymer intended for pulmonary administration is dissolved, suspended or emulsified in a mixture of a solvent, surfactant and propellant. The mixture is maintained under pressure in a canister that has been sealed with a metering valve.

For nasal administration, either a solid or a liquid carrier can be used. The solid carrier includes a coarse powder having particle size in the range of, for example, from about 20 to about 500 microns and such formulation is administered by rapid inhalation through the nasal passages. In some embodiments where the liquid carrier is used, the formulation is administered as a nasal spray or drops and includes oil or aqueous solutions of the active ingredients.

The active reagents can be prepared with carriers that will protect against rapid elimination from the body. For example, a controlled release formulation can be used, including implants and microencapsulated delivery systems. Biodegradable, biocompatible polymers can be used, such as ethylene vinyl acetate, polyanhydrides, polyglycolic acid, collagen, polyorthoesters, and polylactic acid. Methods for preparation of such formulations will be apparent to those skilled in the art. The materials can also be obtained commercially from Alza Corporation and Nova Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Liposomal suspensions (including liposomes targeted to infected cells with monoclonal antibodies to viral antigens) can also be used as pharmaceutically acceptable carriers. These can be prepared according to methods known to those skilled in the art, for example, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,522,811.

The compositions and formulations of the instant invention can also comprise one or more desiccants. Suitable desiccants that can be used in the present invention are those that are pharmaceutically safe, and include, for example, pharmaceutical grades of silica gel, crystalline sodium, potassium or calcium aluminosilicate, colloidal silica, anhydrous calcium sulphate and the like. The desiccant may be present in an amount from about 1.0% to 20.0%, or from about 2% to 15% w/w (or any value within said range).

Also contemplated are formulations that are rapidly dispersing dosage forms, also known as “flash dose” forms. In particular, some embodiments of the present invention are formulated as compositions that release their active ingredients within a short period of time, e.g., typically less than about five minutes, in another embodiment, less than about ninety seconds, in another embodiment, less than about thirty seconds and in another embodiment, in less than about ten or fifteen seconds. Such formulations are suitable for administration to a subject via a variety of routes, for example by insertion into a body cavity or application to a moist body surface or open wound.

Typically, a “flash dosage” is a solid dosage form that is administered orally, which rapidly disperses in the mouth, and hence does not require great effort in swallowing and allows the compound to be rapidly ingested or absorbed through the oral mucosal membranes. In some embodiments, suitable rapidly dispersing dosage forms are also used in other applications, including the treatment of wounds and other bodily insults and diseased states in which release of the medicament by externally supplied moisture is not possible.

“Flash dose” forms are known in the art; see for example, effervescent dosage forms and quick release coatings of insoluble microparticles in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,578,322 and 5,607,697; freeze dried foams and liquids in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,642,903 and 5,631,023; melt spinning of dosage forms in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,855,326, 5,380,473 and 5,518,730; solid, free-form fabrication in U.S. Pat. No. 6,471,992; saccharide-based carrier matrix and a liquid binder in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,587,172, 5,616,344, 6,277,406, and 5,622,719; and other forms known to the art.

The compounds of the invention are also formulated as “pulsed release” formulations, in which the compound is released from the pharmaceutical compositions in a series of releases (i.e., pulses). The compounds are also formulated as “sustained release” formulations in which the compound is continuously released from the pharmaceutical composition over a prolonged period.

Also contemplated are formulations, e.g., liquid formulations, including cyclic or acyclic encapsulating or solvating agents, e.g., cyclodextrins, polyethers, or polysaccharides (e.g., methylcellulose), or in another embodiment, polyanionic β-cyclodextrin derivatives with a sodium sulfonate salt group separate from the lipophilic cavity by an alkyl ether spacer group or polysaccharides. In one embodiment, the agent is methylcellulose. In another embodiment, the agent is a polyanionic β-cyclodextrin derivative with a sodium sulfonate salt separated from the lipophilic cavity by a butyl ether spacer group, e.g., CAPTISOL® (CyDex, Overland, Kans.). One skilled in the art can evaluate suitable agent/disclosed compound formulation ratios by preparing a solution of the agent in water, e.g., a 40% by weight solution; preparing serial dilutions, e.g. to make solutions of 20%, 10, 5%, 2.5%, 0% (control), and the like; adding an excess (compared to the amount that can be solubilized by the agent) of the disclosed compound; mixing under appropriate conditions, e.g., heating, agitation, sonication, and the like; centrifuging or filtering the resulting mixtures to obtain clear solutions; and analyzing the solutions for concentration of the disclosed compound.

All publications and patent documents cited herein are incorporated herein by reference as if each such publication or document was specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated herein by reference. Citation of publications and patent documents is not intended as an admission that any is pertinent prior art, nor does it constitute any admission as to the contents or date of the same. The invention having now been described by way of written description, those of skill in the art will recognize that the invention can be practiced in a variety of embodiments and that the foregoing description and examples below are for purposes of illustration and not limitation of the claims that follow.

EXAMPLES Example 1: Small Scale Synthesis of Compound 1 and its BSA Salt

The synthesis of compound 1 and its BSA salt is depicted in the scheme below.

Example 2: Improved Synthesis of Compound 1

The synthetic route to compound 1 is outlined in Scheme 1.

Following the execution of 3 batches, a total of 2.125 kg of compound 1 was obtained.

From an input of 1.892 kg of 10, a total of 1.753 kg of 11 was isolated as a brown solid in 86% yield, after reacting 10 with 7.3 kg of KHMDS and 1531 mL of acetonitrile (HPLC purity: 97.4% AUC).

The following process description (Table 1) summarizes a typical batch used to prepare 11.

TABLE 1 Step Procedure for Stage A: Synthesis of 11 Vol 1 Charge anhydrous THF (5 vol), 1.892 kg of 10 (1 equiv), and 1531 mL of  ≈7   anhydrous acetonitrile (4.0 equiv) to a 100 L jacketed reactor (reactor 1) and cool to −5 ± 5° C. 2 Charge anhydrous THF (14.5 vol) to a 50 L jacketed reactor (reactor 2) and ≈14.5 cool to −5 ± 5° C. 3 Charge 7.3 kg of potassium hexamethyldisilazane (KHMDS; 5.0 equiv) ≈18.5 portionwise to reactor 2, while stirring, maintaining the batch temperature ≤10° C. Agitate the mixture for at least 15 min. 4 Charge the pre-cooled KHMDS mixture from reactor 2 to the slurry in ≈26   reactor 1 at −5 ± 5° C. Use anhydrous THF (0.5 vol) to rinse reactor 2 and transfer the rinse to reactor 1. 5 Agitate the batch at −5 ± 5° C. for a minimum of 30 min until 10 is ≈26   completely consumed as determined by HPLC analysis (TM.2265). Spec: 10 ≤0.8% (target ≤0.5%). IPC sample preparation: dilute 1 mL of aliquot of the batch with 10 mL of 2N HCl immediately. 6 Adjust the pH of the batch to <0.5 using 6N HCl (≈8 vol) at <10° C. ≈34   7 Adjust the batch temperature to 20 ± 5° C. ≈34   8 Stop the stirrer, separate the phases, and extract the organic phase with 2N — HCl (2 × 2 vol). 9 Wash the combined aqueous layer with IPAc (4.5 vol). ≈20   10 Charge the aqueous layer back to reactor 1 followed by DCM (30 vol) and ≈46   adjust the batch temperature to 5 ± 5° C. 11 Adjust the pH of the mixture to 8.5-9.0 using 2N NaOH (≈8 vol). ≈54   12 Adjust the batch temperature to 20 ± 5° C. ≈54   13 Stop the stirrer and separate the phases. Drop the organic phase to carboys. — 14 Extract the aqueous phases with DCM (2 × 5 vol). — 15 Wash the combined organic phase with purified water (5 vol) and — separate the phases. 16 Return the organic phase to reactor 1 using a transfer line fitted with an ≈42   in-line filter and begin stirring. 17 Concentrate the organic phase under vacuum at <45° C. until — approximately 19 L of batch volume remains. 18 Charge methanol (19 L) and continue the distillation until approximately — 19 L of batch volume remains. 19 Repeat Step 18. — 20 Adjust the batch temperature to 20 ± 5° C. — 21 Collect the solids by filtration on a Sharkskin paper filter. Rinse reactor 1 — with methanol (2 × 2 vol). Use the rinses to wash the filter cake. 22 Dry the solid under vacuum at 40° C. to a constant weight. — 23 When dry, store the material at ambient temperature. — Some deviations included the following:

Steps 1-4: due to equipment-verification requirements, the KHMDS solution was prepared in the 100 L reactor (Steps 4-6 in batch record) and transferred to a 45 L carboy under nitrogen in an ice/water batch prior to preparing the slurry of 10, acetonitrile, and THF.

Step 1: an additional 4 L (≈2 vol) of anhydrous THF was added to the slurry of 10, acetonitrile, and THF (5 vol) in order to bring the slurry to the thermocouple in the 100 L reactor and to control the batch temperature.

Step 6: recording the initial pH of the batch was not necessary. Since there was no water in the batch prior to the addition of 6 N HCl, the initial pH of the batch could not be recorded.

Step 21: in order to transfer all of the product out of the 100 L reactor, an additional 2 L (≈1 vol) of methanol was used for the second rinse and wash.

Subsequent analysis indicated that these deviations had no adverse effect on the quality of the batch.

Synthesis of 12

From an input of 1.746 kg of 11, a total of 1.808 kg of 12 was isolated as a brown solid in 93% yield (HPLC purity: 97.2% AUC) after reacting 11 with 9.5 L of TMSCl in anhydrous methanol.

The following process description (Table 2) summarizes procedures used to prepare 12.

TABLE 2 Step Procedure for Stage B: Synthesis of 12 Volume 1 Charge anhydrous MeOH (8 vol) and 11 (1.0 equiv) to  ≈9   reactor 1 under nitrogen. 2 Charge TMSCl (12.0 equiv) to the slurry slowly while ≈14.5 maintaining the temperature at <40° C. over at least 1 h. 3 Adjust the batch temperature to 50 ± 5° C. ≈14.5 4 Agitate the batch at 50 ± 5° C. for a minimum of 20 h ≈14.5 until 11 is completely consumed as determined by HPLC analysis (TM.2266). Spec: 11 is ≤1% (target ≤0.2%). 5 Adjust the batch temperature to <10° C. ≈14.5 6 Charge methylene chloride (DCM; 15 vol) to reactor 1. ≈29.5 7 Adjust the pH of the mixture to 8-9 using 1N NaOH ≈44.5 solution (≈15 vol) at a rate which maintains the batch temperature at <20° C. 8 Charge Celite (20 wt %) into the mixture with agitation ≈45   and adjust the batch temperature to 20 ± 5° C. 9 Filter the mixture through a Celite pad. — 10 Charge the filtrates back to reactor 1 and separate the ≈45   phases. Drop the organic phase to carboy(s). 11 Wash the Celite pad with DCM (10 vol) and transfer — the filtrate to the reactor. 12 Extract the aqueous layer from Step 10 with the DCM — wash from Step 11 an separate the phases. Drop the organic phase to carboy(s). 13 Wash the Celite pad with DCM (2 × 5 vol) and transfer — the filtrate to the reactor. 14 Extract the aqueous layer from Step 13 with the DCM — wash from Step 13 (2 × 5 vol) and separate the phases. Drop the organic phase to carboy(s). 15 Wash the combined organic phase with 4% aqueous ≈55   NaHCO₃ solution (5.0 vol) and separate the phases. 16 Filter the organic phase through an in-line filter before — concentration. 17 Concentrate the organic phase under vacuum at — 40 ± 5° C. using a rotary evaporator until approximately ≈8 L of batch volume remains. 18 Charge pre-filtered isopropyl acetate (i-PrOAc, 8 L) — to the mixture with continuous distillation until ≈8 L of batch volume remains. 19 Repeat Step 18. — 20 Charge the contents of the batch to reactor 1 and begin — stirring. 21 Charge 8 L of pre-filtered n-heptane to reactor 1 and  ≈7   adjust the batch temperature to 20 ± 5° C. Continue stirring the batch at 20 ± 5° C. for at least 30 min. 22 Collect the solids by filtration on a Sharkskin filter — paper. Rinse reactor 1 with n-heptane (2 × 2 vol). Use the rinses to wash the filter cake. 23 Dry the solid under vacuum at 40° C. to a constant — weight. 24 When dry, store the material at ambient temperature. —

Synthesis of Compound 1

From an input of 1.793 kg of 12, a total of 2.125 kg of compound 1 was isolated as a yellow solid in 91% yield (HPLC purity: 99.4% AUC) after reacting 12 with 2.04 L of 3-fluorobenzylamine in anisole.

The following process description (Table 3) summarizes the procedures used to prepare compound 1.

TABLE 3 Step Procedure for Stage C: Synthesis of Compound 1 Volume 1 Charge pre-filtered anisole (5 vol) and 12 (1 equiv) to a 72 L reactor  ≈6   (reactor 3). 2 Charge pre-filtered 3-fluorobenzylamine (3.0 equiv, ≈1.1 vol) to reactor 3  ≈7.1 while agitating. 3 Adjust the batch temperature to 140 ± 5° C. and continue to agitate the batch  ≈7.1 at 140 ± 5° C. for a minimum of 48 h until 12 is completely consumed as determined by HPLC analysis (TM.2507). Spec: 12 ≤1% (target ≤0.5%). IPC sample preparation: the sample will solidify once the temperature cools, redissolve the solid in a minimum amount of 1:1 ACN/purified water with 0.1% TFA immediately. 4 Adjust the batch temperature to 100 ± 5° C. and charge pre-filtered toluene ≈13.1 (6.0 vol) to reactor 3 while maintaining the batch temperature at 95 ± 5° C. over ≥20 min. 5 Adjust the batch temperature to 60 ± 5° C. and charge pre-filtered ≈15.1 n-heptane (2.0 vol) to reactor 3 while maintaining the batch temperature at 60 ± 5° C. over ≥15 min. 6 Adjust the batch temperature to 20 ± 5° C. and continue to stir the batch for ≈15.1 at least 1 h. 7 Collect the solids by filtration on a Sharkskin paper filter. Rinse reactor 3 — with n-heptane (2 × 2 vol). Use the rinses to wash the filter cake. 8 Dry the solid under vacuum at 40° C. to a constant weight. — 9 When dry, store the material at ambient temperature. —

The preparation of compound 1 was successful. However in Step 3: due to the incorrect loading of chart paper, the chart-recorder time was incorrect. There was no impact on the batch and all temperature data was captured.

Step 4: the initial temperature of the toluene addition was not in the range of the batch record. The batch record required adding toluene while maintaining the batch temperature at 95±5° C. However, at approximately 107° C. in the production, the solids started to precipitate and the batch turned into a very thick slurry. Therefore toluene was added at 104° C. to facilitate efficient stirring.

Step 6: the batch was filtered after 18 minutes of stirring at 20±5° C. instead of one hour. Due to the slow cooling of the batch (approximately 17 h), it was decided that the precipitation was complete and it did not need another one hour of stirring.

Subsequent analysis indicated that these deviations had no adverse effect on the quality of the batch.

cGMP Production cGMP Synthesis of 11

Anhydrous THF (28 L, 14.5 vol) was added to a 100 L jacketed reactor (reactor 1) and cooled to −5±5° C. KHMDS (7.35 kg, 5 equiv) was added to reactor 1 portionwise maintaining the batch temperature ≤10° C. over one hour. A yellow cloudy mixture was obtained after 53 minutes of stirring at <−5±5° C. The mixture was transferred to a 45 L carboy in an ice/water bath under nitrogen. Reactor 1 was charged with 10 (1.892 kg, 1 equiv), anhydrous THF (13 L, 7 vol), and anhydrous acetonitrile (1531 mL, 4 equiv). The resulting white suspension was cooled to −5±5° C. The KHMDS/THF mixture was transferred to the slurry in reactor 1 at a rate which ensured the reaction temperature was maintained at −5±5° C. over 102 minutes. Another 1 L anhydrous THF was used to rinse the carboy and was added to reactor 1. After completing the addition of the KHMDS/THF mixture, the obtained orange slurry was stirred at −5±5° C. for 1 hour 22 minutes. HPLC IPC analysis (TM.2265, sample was prepared with ten times dilution of 2 N HCl) showed there was only 0.53% of 10 left. The batch was worked up by adding 6 N HCl solution (16 L) to adjust the pH to 0.44. The mixture was warmed to 20±5° C. and the phases were separated. The organic phase was extracted with 2 N HCl (2×2 vol). The combined aqueous phases were washed with i-PrOAc (4.5 vol) and transferred to reactor 1. DCM (30 vol) was charged to reactor 1. The mixture was cooled to 5±5° C. with agitation, and the pH was adjusted to 8.53 using 2 N NaOH solution (16.8 L). The mixture was warmed to 20±5° C. and the phases were separated. The aqueous phase was further extracted with DCM (2×5 vol). The combined organic phase was washed with purified water (5 vol). The organic phase was transferred to reactor 1 using a transfer line fitted with an in-line filter. The batch was concentrated under reduced pressure at a batch temperature <45° C. until approximately 19 L of batch remained. MeOH (2×19 L) was charged to reactor 1 and the distillation was continued until approximately 19 L of batch remained. The total concentration time was 16 hours 10 minutes. The batch temperature was adjusted to 20-25° C. and solids were collected by filtration through a Sharkskin paper filter. MeOH (4 L followed by 6 L) was used to rinse reactor 1 and the rinse was used to wash the filter cake. The wet cake was dried in a vacuum oven at 40±5° C. for 57 hours 18 minutes to a constant weight. Compound 11 (lot #6290-A-R1-01-40-01) weighed 1.753 kg and was obtained in 86% yield. The material was submitted for release testing: brown solid, ¹H NMR conformed to reference spectrum, HPLC 97.4% (AUC).

cGMP Synthesis of 12

Compound 11 (1.746 kg, 1 equiv) and anhydrous MeOH (14.0 L, 8 vol) were charged into a 100 L jacketed reactor (reactor 1). TMSCl (9.5 L, 12 equiv) was charged to the slurry using a transfer pump at a rate which kept the internal temperature at <40° C. over 61 minutes. After the addition, the batch temperature was adjusted to 50±5° C. and the mixture stirred for 22 hours. HPLC IPC analysis (TM.2266) showed there was only 0.23% of 11 remaining. The batch temperature was adjusted to <10° C. DCM (15 vol) was charged to the mixture. NaOH solution (1 N, 26 L) was used to adjust the pH of the mixture to 8.6 (pH meter) while maintaining the batch temperature <20° C. Celite (20 wt %) was charged to reactor 1 and the batch was adjusted to 20±5° C. while stirring for at least 30 minutes. The batch was filtered through a Celite pad (1 wt equiv) and the phases of the filtrate were separated. The Celite pad was washed with DCM (10 vol, 2×5 vol) and the washes were used to extract the aqueous layer. The combined organic layer was washed with 4% (w/w) NaHCO₃ aqueous solution (5 vol). After in-line filtration, the organic layer was concentrated under reduced pressure with a rotary evaporator at a bath temperature ≤40° C. to approximately 8 L of batch volume. A thick brown slurry was obtained. Pre-filtered i-PrOAc (2×4 vol) was charged and the mixture was concentrated to approximately 8 L of batch volume. The total concentration time was 7 hours 10 minutes. The batch was transferred to reactor 1 and pre-filtered n-heptane (4 vol) was charged to the slurry which was stirred at 20±5° C. for 2 hours 22 minutes. The resulting solids were collected by filtration through a Sharkskin paper filter. Pre-filtered n-heptane (2×2 vol) was used to rinse reactor 1 and the rinse was used to wash the filter cake. The wet cake was dried in a vacuum oven at 40±5° C. for 23 hours 6 minutes to a constant weight. Compound 12 (lot #6290-B-R1-01-33-01) weighed 1.808 kg and was obtained in 93% yield. The material was submitted for release testing: dark brown solid, ¹H NMR conformed to reference spectrum, HPLC 97.2% (AUC).

cGMP Synthesis of Compound 1

Compound 12 (1.793 kg, 1 equiv) and pre-filtered anisole (9 L, 5 vol) were charged into a 72 L, multiple-neck, round-bottom reactor (reactor 3) equipped with a reflux condenser, temperature probe, overhead mechanical stirrer, and nitrogen inlet and outlet. 3-Fluorobenzylamine (2.04 L, 3.0 equiv) was pre-filtered and added. The resulting black mixture was heated to 140±5° C. and stirred at that temperature over 60 hours 19 minutes. HPLC IPC analysis (TM.2507) showed that 12 was not detected. The batch temperature was adjusted to 100±5° C. over 1 hour and 50 minutes and a thick brown slurry was obtained. Pre-filtered toluene (6 vol) was charged to reactor 3 maintaining the batch temperature at 95±5° C. over 73 minutes. The batch temperature was adjusted to 60±5° C. over 3 hours and 31 minutes and pre-filtered n-heptane (2 vol) was charged to reactor 3 maintaining the batch temperature at 60±5° C. over 46 minutes. The batch temperature was adjusted to 20±5° C. over 17 hours 7 minutes. The solids were collected by filtration through a Sharkskin filter paper. Pre-filtered n-heptane (2×2 vol) was used to rinse reactor 3 and the rinse was used to wash the filter cake. The wet cake was dried in a vacuum oven at 40±5° C. for 52 hours 19 minutes to a constant weight. The IPC testing (OVI: TM.2536, HPLC: TM.2508) results indicated that the residual solvent levels (MeOH, ACN, n-heptane, DCM, i-PrOAc, toluene, anisole, and THF) and the purity level met the specifications (Table 4). Compound 1 weighed 2.125 kg and was obtained in 91% yield. The analysis results of released material is in Table 5.

TABLE 4 Test Specification Test Method Test Results MeOH <3000 ppm TM.2536 Not detected ACN  <410 ppm TM.2536 Not detected n-Heptane <5000 ppm TM.2536  125 ppm DCM  <600 ppm TM.2536 Not detected i-PrOAc <5000 ppm TM.2536 Not detected Toluene  <890 ppm TM.2536  609 ppm Anisole <5000 ppm TM.2536 1689 ppm THF  <720 ppm TM.2536 Not detected HPLC Compound 1 >98% TM.2508 99.3%

TABLE 5 Test Specification Results/Reference Appearance Report results Yellow solid (TM.795) Identification: A. ¹HNMR Spectrum (DMSO-d₆) Conforms to reference standard Conforms to reference standard (TM.52) B. ¹³CNMR Spectrum (DMSO-d₆) Conforms to reference standard Conforms to reference standard (TM.52) C. IR Spectrum (ATR) Conforms to reference standard Conforms to reference standard (TM.41) D. Mass Spectrum (APCI) Consistent with structure Consistent with structure (TM.55) Purity: HPLC (area %) ≥98.5% 99.4% (area %) (TM.2508) Assay: HPLC (weight %) 98.0-102.0% 98.7% (wt %) (TM.2508) Impurities: HLPC (area %) No single impurities >0.5% (TM. 2508) RRT area % 0.65  <0.1% 0.80  <0.1% 0.84  <0.1% 0.98 (compound 1)  0.11% 1.13  <0.1% 1.40  0.10% 1.42  <0.1% Karl Fisher Analysis ≤0.5% <0.1% (TM.50) Residual Solvents* (TM.2536) Methanol <3000 ppm <3000 ppm (No detected) Acetonitrile  <410 ppm  <410 ppm (Not detected) Dichloromethane  <600 ppm  <600 ppm (Not detected) Tetrahydrofuran  <720 ppm  <720 ppm (Not detected) Isopropyl Acetate <5000 ppm <5000 ppm (Not detected) Heptane <5000 ppm <5000 ppm (20 ppm) Toluene  <890 ppm  <890 ppm (580 ppm) Anisole <5000 ppm <5000 ppm (1500 ppm) Residue on Ignition ≤0.1% <0.1% (USP<281>) X-ray powder diffraction Conforms to reference spectrum Conforms to reference spectrum (TM.60)

Example 3: Synthesis of Compound 1·BSA

A 12 L, three-neck, round-bottom flask equipped with an overhead mechanical stirrer, thermocouple, addition funnel, and nitrogen inlet and outlet was charged with compound 1 [103.1 g, 0.254 mol, 1.0 equiv] and anisole (2.06 L, 20 vol, Sigma-Aldrich lot #MKBC3640). The resulting yellow slurry was heated to 110±5° C. to generate a clear red solution (clear solution was obtained at approximately 108° C.). Benzenesulfonic acid (43.1 g, 0.267 mol, 1.05 equiv, Aldrich lot #BCBB6598) was dissolved in acetonitrile (103 mL, 1 vol, Sigma-Aldrich lot #04944LH) and the colorless solution was added dropwise over 16 min to the hot solution of compound 1 with an addition funnel. Acetonitrile (51 mL, 0.5 vol, Sigma-Aldrich lot #04944LH) was used to rinse the addition funnel and the rinse was added to the solution. A black mixture formed which was stirred at 110±5° C. for 10 min. The mixture was cooled at a rate of 30° C./h to 20-25° C. MTBE (2.1 L, 20 vol, Pride lot #ANJ21453-LYO) was added to the slurry and it was stirred at ambient temperature for 16 h. The brown slurry was filtered through a filter paper using a Buchner funnel. The wet cake was washed with MTBE (2×5 vol, Pride lot #ANJ21453-LYO) and was dried in a vacuum oven at 40-45° C. for 66 h to afford a brown solid [141.71 g, 98% yield]. ¹H NMR analysis was consistent with previous results. The anisole level was less than 5000 ppm and no residual MTBE was detected.

Other Embodiments

While the invention has been described in conjunction with the detailed description thereof, the foregoing description is intended to illustrate and not limit the scope of the invention, which is defined by the scope of the appended claims. Other aspects, advantages, and modifications are within the scope of the following claims. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention encompassed by the appended claims. 

1. A benzenesulfonate salt of compound 1:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, prepared by a process comprising Step 3: converting compound 12 to compound 1:


2. The benzenesulfonate salt of claim 1, wherein the process further comprises Step 2: converting compound 11 to compound 12:


3. The benzenesulfonate salt of claim 2, wherein Step 2 comprises reacting compound 11 with trimethylsilylchloride in a polar protic solvent.
 4. The benzenesulfonate salt of claim 3, wherein the polar protic solvent is selected from methanol, ethanol, and isopropanol.
 5. The benzenesulfonate salt of claim 2, wherein the reaction is carried out at a temperature from about 40° C. to about 60° C.
 6. The benzenesulfonate salt of claim 2, wherein the process further comprises Step 1: converting compound 10 to compound 11:


7. The benzenesulfonate salt of claim 6, wherein in Step 1 compound 10 is reacted with a base and acetonitrile in a polar aprotic solvent to form compound
 11. 8. The benzenesulfonate salt of claim 7, wherein the polar aprotic solvent is selected from tetrahydrofuran, ethyl acetate, acetone, and dimethylsulfoxide.
 9. The benzenesulfonate salt of claim 7, wherein the base is potassium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide.
 10. The benzenesulfonate salt of claim 6, wherein the reaction is carried out at a temperature less than about 10° C.
 11. The benzenesulfonate salt of claim 1, wherein in Step 3 compound 12 is reacted with reagent A in an ether solvent to form compound
 1. 12. The benzenesulfonate salt of claim 11, wherein the ether solvent is selected from anisole and diethyl ether.
 13. The benzenesulfonate salt of claim 1, wherein the reaction is carried at a temperature from about 120° C. to about 160° C.
 14. The benzenesulfonate salt of claim 1, wherein the process further comprises reacting compound 1 with benzenesulfonic acid in the presence of a polar aprotic solvent and an ether solvent.
 15. A benzenesulfonate salt of compound 1:

prepared by a process comprising: converting compound 12 to compound 1:

wherein compound 12 is formed by reacting compound 11:

with trimethylsilylchloride in a polar protic solvent, and reacting compound 1 with benzenesulfonic acid in the presence of a polar aprotic solvent and an ether solvent.
 16. The benzenesulfonate salt of claim 15, wherein the polar aprotic solvent is selected from acetonitrile, ethyl acetate, and tetrahydrofuran.
 17. The benzenesulfonate salt of claim 15, wherein the ether solvent is selected from anisole and diethyl ether, preferably wherein the ether solvent is anisole. 